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> First Stroke is Half the Battle.
First Grenadier of France.
Fish.
CONTENTS
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer
18101897
. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
First Stroke is Half the Battle.
Well begun is half done. A good lather is half the shave.
1
Latin:
Incipe: dimidium facti est cpisse. (
Ausonius.
)
Dimidium facti, qui cpit, habet. (
Horace.
)
French:
Barbe bien savonnée est à moitié faite, Heureux commencement est la moitié de luvre.
Cnest que le premier pas qui coûte.
First Grenadier of France.
Fish.
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