1. Creative Quotations from Jean de la Fontaine ( ) born on Jul 8 French poet; his Fables rank among the greatest masterpieces of French literature.

2. From a distance it is something; and nearby
it is nothing.

3. He told me never
to sell the bear's skin
before one has
killed the beast.

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

5. But the shortest
works are always
the best.

6. Patience and
passage of time
do more than
strength and fury.

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Background 18th C. illustration to La Fontaines’ The Sculptor and the Statue of
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