Readiness: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Rien ne sert de courir: il faut partir à point. To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.— LA FONTAINE — Fables. VI. 10.
Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.
Rien ne sert de courir: il faut partir à point. To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.— LA FONTAINE — Fables. VI. 10.