Поспешишь – людей насмешишь
With accent marks:
Поспеши́шь – люде́й насмеши́шь.
Translation:
Hurry to much and you will make people laugh.
Meaning:
This Russian proverb advises us to do everything slowly and thoughtfully in order to make people laugh (or upset) with the results of our actions.
A close English equivalen is "Haste would make waste".
Other Russian proverbs
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Кабы знал, где упасть, так соломки бы подстелил
If I knew where I would fall, I would lay some straw there.
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Волков бояться – в лес не ходить
Don't go to the woods if afraid of wolves.
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Не так страшен чёрт, как его малюют
The demon is not as scary as he is depicted.
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A well-fed man does not understand a starving one.
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Another's soul is darkness.
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Strike the iron while it's hot.
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С кем поведёшься, от того и наберёшься
With whom you are friends with, from them you will learn.
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Век живи, век учись, а дураком помрёшь
Live for a century, learn for a century, but die being a fool anyway.
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