Well begun is half done
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More hopefully, Phillips took it to mean: "Well begun is half done."
From Time Magazine Archive
Ah, but Hesiod, your own authority, tells us, Well begun is half done; so we may safely call you half-way by this time.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
Well begun is half done: in undertaking the examination of any argument from authority, a formal syllogism is a good beginning.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
"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 Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
"Well begun is half done," retorted Pip sententiously, but he knew in his heart that she spoke with some truth.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Ian Hay
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