A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

[κακῆς <ἀπ'> ἀρχῆς γίγνεται τέλος κακόν]

Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Æolus [Αἴολος], frag. 32 (TGF)
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Nauck frag. 32. (Source (Greek)). Alternate translation:

A bad ending comes from a bad beginning.
[tr. Collard & Cropp (2008)]


 
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