A Quote by Aristotle

The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.

Aristotle

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Beginning Half Proverb Says Whole

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Aristotle
Greek - Philosopher
384 BC - 322 BC

As the proverb says, "a good beginning is half the business" and "to have begun well" is praised by all.

Plato

The beginning is half of the whole.

Plato

In all failures, the beginning is certainly the half of the whole.

George Eliot

The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.

Euripides

May not the wolf, as the proverb says, claim a hearing?

Plato

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

Louis Zamperini

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.

David Hockney

I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.

Thomas B. Macaulay

As the old proverb says: "Well-fed horses don't rampage.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

All roads lead to Trantor, says the old proverb, and that is where all stars end.

Isaac Asimov

A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full.

Josiah Stamp

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Fungible goods in economics can be extended and traded. So, half as much grain is half as much useful, but half a baby or half a computer is less useful than a whole baby or a whole computer, and we've been trying to make computers that work that way.