Getting started

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The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Getting started

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Republic

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

The first step is the hardest.

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond

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Getting started

Author

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond

Language

French

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Madame du Deffand. Letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. 7 July 1763.

Well begun is half done.

Aristotle

Politics

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Getting started Finishing a task

Author

Aristotle

Source

Politics

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.

Get up quickly-just switch on the white light of the will.

Susan Sontag

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Getting started Motivation Work

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Journals of Susan Sontag

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. Journal entry. 15 Oct. 1973.

He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

Horace

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Author

Horace

Source

Epistles 1

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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Beginning of a journey Getting started

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Agrius

Author

Marcus Terentius Varro

Source

On Agriculture (Varro)

Language

Latin

Time

27 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres [Three Books on Agriculture]. 1st century BC, bk. 1.