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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

— Jean de La Fontaine

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Source: quoted in: Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts Gathered from the Roses, Clover Blossoms, Geraniums, Violets, Morning-glories, and Pansies of Literature, Christian Herald, 1915. p. 928
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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