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The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest read more
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest of our days.
[Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde,
Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not read more
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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.]
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.
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam read more
Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]