The Wisdom of Patience
Patient persistence achieves what hasty effort cannot. African proverbs consistently emphasize the power of patience over rush.
Patient persistence achieves what hasty effort cannot. African proverbs consistently emphasize the power of patience over rush.
Slowly, slowly catches monkey. What patience achieves, haste destroys.
Pan-African Proverbs
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- What African wisdom says about failure
Slowly, slowly catches monkey; what patience achieves, haste destroys. The claim is causal and narrow — one whole category of failure is produced by speed alone, and nothing cures those except a slower second attempt.