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1 quotation from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

C'est le commencement de la fin. It is the beginning of the end. Ascribed to TALLEYRAND in the Hundred Days. Also to GEN. AUGEREAU. 1814. La distance n'y fait rien; il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte. The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that costs.— filed under Beginnings