"a good beginning makes a good ending" meaning in English

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        "Start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "一個良好的開端是成功的一半"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yī gè liánghǎo de kāiduān shì chénggōng de yībàn",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "一个良好的开端是成功的一半"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "alku hyvin, loppu hyvin"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "bien commencer amène à bien terminer"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hajime yokereba owari yoshi",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "始め良ければ終わり良し"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sijagi banida.",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "시작이 반이다."
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "خشت اول چون نهد معمار کج تا ثریا میرود دیوار کج"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "ziua bună se cunoaște de dimineață"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "lo que bien empieza bien acaba"
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          "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
          "word": "quien bien empieza bien acaba"
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  "word": "a good beginning makes a good ending"
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      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "一個良好的開端是成功的一半"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yī gè liánghǎo de kāiduān shì chénggōng de yībàn",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
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      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "alku hyvin, loppu hyvin"
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      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "bien commencer amène à bien terminer"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "chi ben comincia è a metà dell'opera"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hajime yokereba owari yoshi",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "始め良ければ終わり良し"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sijagi banida.",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "시작이 반이다."
    },
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
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    },
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      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xoróšeje načálo poldéla otkačálo",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "хоро́шее нача́ло полде́ла откача́ло"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "lo que bien empieza bien acaba"
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      "sense": "good beginnings promise a good end",
      "word": "quien bien empieza bien acaba"
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