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 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.] 
First things first, second things never.
First things first, second things never.
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Big things have small beginnings.
Big things have small beginnings.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
 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.] 
 All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it 
be finished in the first read more 
 All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it 
be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this 
Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. 
But let us begin. 
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.