een goed begin is het halve werk

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Dutch

Etymology

Literally “a good beginning is half the work”, via Ancient Greek; quoted by Aristotle in his Politics.

Proverb

een goed begin is het halve werk

  1. well begun is half done, the first blow is half the battle (much depends on the beginning of an endeavour)