Beginning

Famous quotes containing the word beginning:

    “Considering how little the beginning or the ceasing to love is in our own power, it is foolish and unreasonable for the lover or his mistress to complain of one another’s inconstancy.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

    “What we call birth
    Is but a beginning to be something else
    Than what we were before; and when we cease
    To be that something, then we call it death.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people’s.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)