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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.
All glory comes from daring to begin.
All glory comes from daring to begin.
 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.] 
 It is the beginning of the end.
 [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]  
 It is the beginning of the end.
 [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.] 
 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.] 
 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. 
 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.] 
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.