A Quote by Plato

A work well begun is half-ended.

Plato

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Plato
Greek - Philosopher
427 BC - 347 BC

A well begun is half ended.

A. C. Benson

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

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

What's well begun is half done.

Horace

Well begun is half done.

Aristotle

The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere.

Kim Novak

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

Austin O'Malley

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

Plato

For, once begun, Your task is easy; half the work is done.

Horace

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

Soren Kierkegaard

The struggle hasn't ended. It's only just begun in our view. In the sense that if all goes well during the elections and we emerge as the government there will still be another form of struggle. But there's going to be lots of work in reconstruction, resettling people. In the initial period we will expect all the support groups we have here in Britain and elsewhere to concentrate their efforts in enabling us to resettle our people.

Robert Mugabe

Show me one thing here on earth which has begun well and not ended badly. The proudest palpitations are engulfed in a sewer, where they cease throbbing, as though having reached their natural term: this downfall constitutes the heart's drama and the negative meaning of history.

Emile M. Cioran

My mom, well, she's half Greek, half German-Italian; born in England. She's just a nomad. She loves Middle Eastern style, Indian style, so much so that she ended up having Indian babies.