Well begun is half done

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1. A good beginning almost assures success.

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Example Sentences

More hopefully, Phillips took it to mean: "Well begun is half done."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well begun is half done" is a saying that applies with peculiar fitness to special feature articles.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor

"Well begun is half done" is an old saw, and for human conduct a great truth, but "Well thought is well done" is even greater, if not older.

From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.

Instead of putting his confidence in the maxim "Well begun is half done," the author must rely on another which may be expressed as "Well ended is much mended."

From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham

"Well begun is half done," was one of Dr. Franklin's sound maxims.

From Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness by Austin, John Mather