“A bad beginning makes a bad ending.”
Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
Melanippe the Wise (fragment)
Variant: A bad ending follows a bad beginning.
“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.”
Variant: Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
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