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		<title>Horace -- Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep.  2 &#8220;To Lollius,&#8221; l.  40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin! [Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe!] See Aristotle. (Source (Latin)). Other translations: The facte begun, to one halfe is done, be wyse and take good harte: Begin. [tr. Drant (1567)] Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise. [tr. Cowley (17th C)] Set [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well begun is half done; dare to be wise; begin!</p>
<p><em>[Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;<br />
incipe!]</em></p>
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<br><b>Horace</b> (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]<br><i>Epistles [Epistularum, Letters]</i>, Book 1, ep.  2 &#8220;To Lollius,&#8221; l.  40ff (1.2.40-41) (20 BC) [tr. Fairclough (Loeb) (1926)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresepistlesa00horauoft/page/264/mode/2up?q=%22Well+begun+is+half%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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See <a href="/aristotle/1339/">Aristotle</a>.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0539%3Abook%3D1%3Apoem%3D2#:~:text=dimidium%20facti%20qui%20coepit%20habet%3B%20sapere%20aude%3B%0Aincipe!">Source (Latin)</a>). Other translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>The facte begun, to one halfe is done, be wyse and take good harte:<br>
Begin.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A03670.0001.001/1:7.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext#:~:text=The%20facte%20begun,Begin">Drant</a> (1567)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essays00cowl_0/page/172/mode/2up?q=%22begin%2C+be+bold%22">Cowley</a> (17th C)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Set forth, thou'rt half thy way.<br>
Dare to be wise: Begin. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44478.0001.001;node=A44478.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=Set%20forth%2C%20thou%27rt,be%20wise%3A%20Begin.">Fanshawe</a>; ed. Brome (1666)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Begin: 'tis half the work: assume the power<br>
To live: expect not for a fairer hower.<br>
[tr. "<a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44478.0001.001;node=A44478.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=Begin%3A%20%27tis%20half,a%20fairer%20hower.">Dr. W.</a>"; ed. Brome (1666)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He that hath once begun a good design,<br>
Hath finish't half; dare to be wise, begin.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=eebo;c=eebo;idno=a44471.0001.001;node=A44471.0001.001:8;seq=1;rgn=div1;view=text#:~:text=He%20that%20hath,be%20wise%2C%20begin">Creech</a> (1684)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Dare to be wise; begin; for, once begun, <br>
Your task is easy; half the work is done.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresepistlesi00hora/page/172/mode/2up?q=%22dare+to+be+wise%22">Francis</a> (1747)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>In virtue's race to start is half to win;<br>
Come then, be wise -- take courage and begin!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Epodes_Satires_and_Epistles_of_Horac/TPgDAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22half%20to%20win%22">Howes</a> (1845)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He has half the deed done, who has made a beginning. Boldly undertake the study of true wisdom: begin it forthwith.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_works_of_Horace/First_Book_of_Epistles#:~:text=He%20has%20half%20the%20deed%20done%2C%20who%20has%20made%20a%20beginning.%20Boldly%20undertake%20the%20study%20of%20true%20wisdom%3A%20begin%20it%20forthwith.">Smart/Buckley</a> (1853)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Come now, have courage to be wise: begin:<br>
You're halfway over when you once plunge in.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Satires,_Epistles_%26_Art_of_Poetry_of_Horace/Ep1-2#:~:text=Come%20now%2C%20have%20courage%20to%20be%20wise%3A%20begin%3A%0AYou%27re%20halfway%20over%20when%20you%20once%20plunge%20in">Conington</a> (1874)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Make a good start, and you are sure to win.<br> 
So, then, have courage to be wise! Begin!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/worksofhorace02horauoft/page/272/mode/2up?q=%22Make+a+good+start%22">Martin</a> (1881)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whoever has begun a deed, by so doing has accomplished half of it. Dare to be wise. Begin.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Horace/-f8pAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22Whoever%20has%20begun%22">Elgood</a> (1893)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Well begun<br>
Is half done. Dare to be wise. Get under way!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresanndepist0000hora/page/170/mode/2up?q=%22well+begun%22">Palmer Bovie</a> (1959)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Once you start, it's nearly done. Be brave and wise: <br>
Begin.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/horacessatiresep0000hora/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22once+you+start%22">Fuchs</a> (1977)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">To begin a job is half the labor: be brave<br>
Enough to be wise: begin!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/essentialhoraceo0000hora/page/204/mode/2up?q=%22to+begin+a+job%22">Raffel</a> (1983)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Get yourself going and you'll be halfway there;<br>
Dare to be wise; get started.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/epistlesofhorace0000hora/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22get+yourself+going%22">Ferry</a> (2001)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Well begun is half done. Dare to be wise.<br>
Start now.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/satiresofhoracep00hora/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22well+begun%22">Rudd</a> (2005 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Who’s started has half finished: dare to be wise: begin!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/HoraceEpistlesBkIEpII.php#anchor_Toc98156391:~:text=Who%E2%80%99s%20started%20has%20half%20finished%3A%20dare%20to%20be%C2%A0wise%3A%20begin!">Kline</a> (2015)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!<br>
[<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=W3SG1hJSArIC&newbks=0&lpg=PR11&dq=%22He%20who%20has%20begun%20has%20half%20done%22&pg=PR11#v=onepage&q=%22He%20who%20has%20begun%20has%20half%20done%22&f=false">Bartlett's</a>]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Happiness is where we find it, but very rarely where we seek it.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever you are, be a good one. Attributed in Laurence Hutton, &#8220;A Boy I Knew,&#8221; St Nicholas Magazine (Mar 1897), where it was originally given as &#8220;Whatever you are, try to be a good one.&#8221; Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln (first recorded in 1946). For more information, see here.]]></description>
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<br><b>William Makepeace Thackeray</b> (1811-1863) English novelist<br>(Attributed) 
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Attributed in Laurence Hutton, "A Boy I Knew," <i>St Nicholas</i> Magazine (Mar 1897), where it was originally given as "Whatever you are, try to be a good one."  Often attributed to Abraham Lincoln (first recorded in 1946). For more information, see <a href="http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/10/03/be-good/">here</a>. 
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		<description><![CDATA[Like the greedy merchants of bazaars, if we get out of life what we ask for, we are unhappy for not having asked for more.]]></description>
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