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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.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
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.]
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.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again
begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
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Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again
begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
[Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit
Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]
Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill
one another if it is not done.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
