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| delay is tantamount to death (Olga Okuneva); defer no time, delays have dangerous ends (Shakespeare Olga Okuneva); it would be fatal to hesitate | |||
| shoot first, ask questions later | |||
| he who hesitates is lost | |||
shoot first, ask questions later (Assume that everyone you encounter is hostile to you. Take action, even though you do not know enough to be sure if it is the right action. • If the foreman saw that one of the workers was working slowly, he didn't stop to find out if the worker was sick or unhappy; he just fired him. He believed in shooting first and asking questions later.  thefreedictionary.com ННатальЯ) | |||
| delays are dangerous (дословно: Промедление опасно); he who hesitates is lost (дословно: Кто колеблется, тот гибнет) | |||
| quick and the dead (по названию фильма-вестерна The Quick and the Dead, где в дуэлях ковбоев побеждал тот, кто быстрей выхватит револьвер LisLoki) | |||
