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.]

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.]

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.

First things first, second things never.

First things first, second things never.

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.]

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.

It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]

It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]

A good beginning makes a good end.

A good beginning makes a good 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.]