A Quote by Plato

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

Plato

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Beginning Begun Business Good Half Praised Proverb Says Well

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Plato
Greek - Philosopher
427 BC - 347 BC

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

Aristotle

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

Polybius

A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make a beginning and get under way.

Soren Kierkegaard

There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done.

John Keats

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

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

What's well begun is half done.

Horace

A well begun is half ended.

A. C. Benson

Well begun is half done.

Aristotle

A work well begun is half-ended.

Plato

What if what has been said one time not only does not cease to be said but always recommences, and not only recommences but also imposes upon us the idea that nothing has ever truly begun, having from the beginning begun by beginning again.

Maurice Blanchot

Well begun is not only half done, but often fully cooked.

Austin O'Malley

A made-up proverb from Dreams of the Compass Rose says, "In the desert, the only god is a well." I love exploring the intensity of such juxtaposition, the dangerous edge.

Vera Nazarian

Well, half of half our faction.' 'In some circles they call that a quarter, Mar,' Lynn says.

Veronica Roth

I journal for about half an hour, and by the time that's done, the business day on the East Coast has begun. The phone starts to ring, and the rest of the day is spent dealing with the business of writing. My workday is done at about 3:00.

Kate DiCamillo

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.