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Hare and the Tortoise
(The). Everyone knows the fable of the race between the
hare and the tortoise, won by the latter; and the moral, “Slow and
steady wins the race.” The French equivalent is “Pas à pas le boeuf
prend le lièvre. '”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Hare and the Tortoise from Infoplease:
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