Today's Google Doodle is a tribute to Jean de La Fontaine, the beloved French poet who was born on 8 July 1621. Bon anniversaire !
La Fontaine is best known for his Fables Choisies, and the Doodle is a lovely drawing of "Le Lièvre et la Tortue" (The Hare and the Tortoise), including the moral of the fable: Rien ne sert de courir ; il faut partir à point. This French proverb literally means "There's no point in running; you have to leave on time," but the equivalent English proverb is "Slow and steady wins the race."
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Charmante!
The equivalent English proverb should be “A stitch iin time saves nine”, though it wouldn’t complement the story.