靡不有初，鮮克有終 [ㄇㄧˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄨ , ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄎㄜˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄓㄨㄥ; mi3 bu4 you3 chu1 , xian3 ke4 you3 zhong1]
 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

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