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A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
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.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
Whatever begins, also ends.
[Lat., Quicquid coepit, et desinit.]
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 the beginning of the end.
[Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
It is the beginning of the end.
[Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]
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.]
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.
All glory comes from daring to begin.
All glory comes from daring to begin.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.
With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.