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.]

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.

Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.

Remember tonight.. for it is the beginning of always.

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
[Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle read more

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
[Fr., Il n'y a que le premier obstacle qui coute a vaincre la
pudeur.]

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.

Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again
begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
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Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again
begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
[Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit
Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]

Big things have small beginnings.

Big things have small beginnings.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
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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.]

To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.

To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.