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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.]
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.]
The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
The beginnings of all things are small.
[Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
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.
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.]
Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam read more
Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]
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.]