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“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”

This quote has no known author and is recorded as an anonymous proverb.

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The proverb sets two different goods against each other, speed and distance, and suggests that they are not the same goal. It is widely used in business writing, where it is usually deployed to argue for teamwork without noticing that it also says something uncomfortable about going it alone.

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