I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after read more

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

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.

A good beginning makes a good end.

A good beginning makes a good end.

First things first, second things never.

First things first, second things never.

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

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.]

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

A hard beginning maketh a good ending.

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.]

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.