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Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an 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.]
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning read more
That loss is common would not make
My own less bitter, rather more:
Too common! Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
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.]
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is read more
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost;
When health is lost, something is lost;
When character is lost, all is lost!
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
A good beginning makes a good end.
A good beginning makes a good end.