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Originated from one of Aesop's Fables, The Tortoise and the Hare.
slow and steady wins the race
- Patient work will eventually conquer any problem.
patient work will conquer any problem
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 欲速則不達／欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá), 心急吃不了熱豆腐／心急吃不了热豆腐 (zh) (xīnjí chībuliǎo rè dòufu), 不怕慢，只怕站 (bù pà màn, zhǐ pà zhàn)
- Dutch: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: kilpikonna voittaa jäniksen
- French: rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point
- Italian: chi va piano va sano e va lontano
- Japanese: 継続は力なり
- Malayalam: പയ്യെത്തിന്നാൽ പനയും തിന്നാം (payyettinnāl panayuṁ tinnāṁ)
- Polish: kropla drąży skałę (pl), śpiesz się powoli (pl), gdy się człowiek śpieszy, to się diabeł cieszy, co nagle, to po diable (pl)
- Portuguese: devagar e sempre
- Russian: тише едешь, дальше будешь (tiše jedešʹ, dalʹše budešʹ)
- Scottish Gaelic: ruigidh each mall muileann
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: chậm mà chắc (literally “slow but sure”)
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