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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.]
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
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.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
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.]
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.
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not read more
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
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.]
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.