Proverbs
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.
English proverb
It is better to be a coward for one minute than dead the rest of your life.
Irish proverb
Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
Chinese proverb
Once you’ve started, you’re halfway there.
Initium est dimidium facti
Latin proverb
When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
Italian proverb
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
Chinese proverb