Festina Lente

• Festina Lente meaning ‘Make haste slowly’
  • More commonly referred to as More haste, less speed.
  • The phrase was attributed to Augustus, according to Suetonius, who used it as a motto.

Roman Coins

• Various images were used on Roman coins to symbolise this contradiction or Oxymoron:
• A crab and a butterfly, a hare in a snail shell, a chameleon and a fish, and most famously, a dolphin around an anchor

Onslow Bridge, Guildford

• The Onslow Bridge over the River Wey in Guildford carries the crest of arms of the Onslow family on which is inscribed the family motto ‘Festina Lente’.

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