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Be slow in deliberation, but be prompt to carry out your resolves.

— Isocrates I. To Demonicus (-370)

βουλεύου μὲν βραδέως, ἐπιτέλει δὲ ταχέως τὰ δόξαντα.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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Also quoted from Isocrates in the Strategikon of Maurice, VIII.2.31.

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