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.]

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to 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.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

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.

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.]

At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the
underlying mathematical structure will be seen.

At the earliest drawings of the fractal curve, few clues to the
underlying mathematical structure will be seen.