He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin! — Horace
He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin!
In the original Latin
dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude;
20 BC
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Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1, epistle 2.
Original citation
Horace. Epistularum liber primus [First Book of Letters]. 20 BC, bk. 1, epistle 2.