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• A wizard's reputation is his bond, or so the sages say.
  And, as all learned men know, a reputation is difficult to build, and all too easily besmirched....
• Great is the art of beginning, but greater the art of ending... -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Never delay the ending of a meeting or the beginning of a cocktail hour.
• When there appears to be no hope; when all around you are screaming like lost souls and every spell you try fails to work
  when it appears that chaos and evil will at last triumph over good -- then it is truly time for a vacation....
• Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
  Maria Robinso...
• Beginnings and endings are, for the most part, artificial constructs.
  You say you begin when you are born, but what of those months spent growing in the womb?...
• A hard beginning maketh a good ending. -- John Heywood (c. 1565) -- Proverbes, Part i, Chap. iv
• If you are called upon to give a talk in public, there is a way to make sure it will be a success.
  Have a good beginning and an excellent ending, and keep the two as close together as possible....