What does it mean?
Rushing too much often causes mistakes that could have been avoided.
Closest English saying: Haste makes waste.
What does it literally say?
Όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει
Ópios viázete skondáfti
“Whoever hurries stumbles.”
The picture of someone tripping because they are hurrying carries an everyday experience over to judgement and decisions.
How is it used?
«Πριν στείλεις την αίτηση χωρίς έλεγχο, θυμήσου: όποιος βιάζεται σκοντάφτει.»
“Before you send the application without checking it, remember: whoever hurries stumbles.”
Where does it come from?
Traditional Greek folk usage. eipane has not documented a first author or a first written record for this saying.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗