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Francis Drake1 quote
There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory. — Francis Drake · 1587Johann Wolfgang von Goethe1 quote
The deed is all, the glory nothing. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1832Ralph Waldo Emerson1 quote
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1844William Shakespeare1 quote
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing. — William Shakespeare · 1603