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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.]
This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no read more
This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds out.
If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.
If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.
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.]
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.
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step toward repairing our loss.
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.
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
It began of nothing and in nothing it ends.
[Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
