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A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.
A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after read more
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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 
on which depends the rest read more 
 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.] 
 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.] 
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.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
 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.] 
All glory comes from daring to begin.
All glory comes from daring to begin.