To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Race Quotes

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner...

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner...

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.