The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring.
Northrop Frye (2014). “The Northrop Frye Quote Book”, p.120, Dundurn

The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring.