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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
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Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the
evil has grown strong by inveterate habit.
[Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,
Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.
That will be the beginning.
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il read more
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui
coute.]
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, read more
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est
praeparatio diligens.]
To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.
To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.
All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it
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All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it
be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this
Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
But let us begin.
It is the beginning of the end.
[Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
It is the beginning of the end.
[Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.