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When you do something fast/quickly - you sacrifice quality in the process. On the other hand, if you wish to maintain quality, you need to take your time and the outcome will be long in coming. It's sort of logical observation, no more than that.
- When you do something fast/quickly - you sacrifice quality in the process.
- On the other hand, if you wish to maintain quality, you need to take your time and the outcome will be long in coming.
- It's sort of logical observation, no more than that.
- Just my 50 cents ))
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When you do something fast/quickly - you sacrifice quality in the process.
On the other hand, if you wish to maintain quality, you need to take your time and the outcome will be long in coming.
It's sort of logical observation, no more than that.
Just my 50 cents ))
On the other hand, if you wish to maintain quality, you need to take your time and the outcome will be long in coming.
It's sort of logical observation, no more than that.
Just my 50 cents ))
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Hi
'quick' here is being used in it's archaic meaning - ' living'
So the sentence is saying:
(The) Good and (the) living seldom meet.
'quick' here is being used in it's archaic meaning - ' living'
So the sentence is saying:
(The) Good and (the) living seldom meet.
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optilangSo the sentence is saying:
(The) Good and (the) living seldom meet.
Hi, Optilang
May I ask you what your sentence mean ? ))
Also, I think you're in the wrong here, "quick" means "fast"
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Edit: I heard this idiom used to mean that one should pace themselves if they want to achieve good quality and if quality is not an issue, they may hurry.
I see that you're a native speaker, so for the record I stand corrected.
I see that you're a native speaker, so for the record I stand corrected.
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It is commonly used in the phrase
'the quick and the dead' - to mean - the living and the dead.
'the quick and the dead' - to mean - the living and the dead.
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Volcano1985Good and quick seldom meet.Haste makes waste. If you try to hurry through a task, the task will probably be badly done.
What does it mean?
CJ
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CalifJimVolcano1985Good and quick seldom meet.Haste makes waste. If you try to hurry through a task, the task will probably be badly done.
What does it mean?
CJ
Hi, CJ
That's what I said in a nutshell in my first post (at least I think I did, didn't I ?), but somehow o
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No, I think quick here just carries the straightforward meaning of fast.
I've only heard quick in the sense of alive being used in two contexts. 'The quick and the dead' as previously mentioned, and the 'quickening' of foetuses when the mother starts feeling them moving.
To me, ' alive and good rarely meet' makes no sense at all. Whereas 'fast and good rarely meet' makes perfec
I've only heard quick in the sense of alive being used in two contexts. 'The quick and the dead' as previously mentioned, and the 'quickening' of foetuses when the mother starts feeling them moving.
To me, ' alive and good rarely meet' makes no sense at all. Whereas 'fast and good rarely meet' makes perfec
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I think in this case, it does simply mean fast. In fact, I did some googling and found "good and quickly" which would eliminate all doubt.
However, I do want to stick up for that meaning of "quick" in other contexts - the first that comes to mind is "From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead." Meaning, as Opting already said, those who are living and those who have died.
However, I do want to stick up for that meaning of "quick" in other contexts - the first that comes to mind is "From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead." Meaning, as Opting already said, those who are living and those who have died.
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