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Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
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.
A good beginning makes a good end.
A good beginning makes a good end.
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.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
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 distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il read more
The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.
[Fr., La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui
coute.]
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.]