<p>The most part of men hold opinion that Thomas of Aquine inuented the Philosophi- call knife, but by continuall obseruation of <pb n="embmne_pae1591_fac069"/> the planets was made so persite thorow the vertue and force thereof, that it cut a thicke and hard Anuell, euen in the middest. By this we must vnderstand, that in performing of a- ny matter whatsoeuer as it should be, we must not respect the long tract of time that we spend in it, so that by line and leuill, as they say, we finish all our actions. Whereupon Suetonius recordeth that Augustus Ceasar vsed this prouerbe: Sat citò, si sat bene, Sucton. which is, any thing is done soone enough, if it be done well enough. </p>

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It forces not how long a thing be in doing but how well it be done

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The knife of saint Thomas Aquino cuts through an anvil

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86(NON QUAM DIU, SED QUAM BENE)

It forceth not how long a thing be in doing but how well it be done

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Non quam diu, sed quam bene