Quotation by

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

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Doing a task correctly from the start saves time compared to having to justify mistakes later. Spending extra effort upfront prevents wasting time on explanations and corrections afterward.

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