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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, read more
In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should
be made.
[Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est
praeparatio diligens.]
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 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.
To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
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.]
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.]
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.
