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To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
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.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
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.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.