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A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
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.
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.
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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.]
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.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
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; 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.]
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
