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
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," retorted Pip sententiously, but he knew in his heart that she spoke with some truth.
From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian
"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: in undertaking the examination of any argument from authority, a formal syllogism is a good beginning.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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