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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a read more
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
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.
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 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.]
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
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Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]
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.]
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.]