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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.
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.]
What's well begun, is half done.
[Lat., Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.]
What's well begun, is half done.
[Lat., Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.]
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.]
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]