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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a read more
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new 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.]
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.
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.]
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.]
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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.]
A good beginning makes a good end.
A good beginning makes a good end.
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
[Lat., Incipe quidquid read more
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
[Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]