ProverbHuman Nature
International origin
International originIf you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together
Meaning: Short-term speed comes from solitude; long-term achievement comes from collaboration.
Origin: Widely quoted as an African proverb, but the proverb scholars Wolfgang Mieder and Charles Clay Doyle concluded that the African label is spurious. Others point to related African sayings, such as a Luo proverb from East Africa: alone a youth runs fast, with an elder slow, but together they go far. The exact modern wording has no traced source.
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