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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.]
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.]
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The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
A good beginning makes a good end.
A good beginning makes a good end.
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.
Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
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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.]
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.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
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.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.