Commence,” was Monsieur Defarge’s not unreasonable reply…

“How goes it, Jacques?" said one of these three to Monsieur Defarge. "Is all the spilt wine swallowed?" "Every drop, Jacques,”

— Charles Dickens

“It is not often," said the second of the three, addressing Monsieur Defarge, "that many of these miserable beasts know the taste of wine,…

— Charles Dickens

“Thus engaged, with her right elbow supported by her left hand, Madame Defarge said nothing when her lord came in, but coughed just one…

— Charles Dickens

“No vivacious Bacchanalian flame leaped out of the pressed grape of Monsieur Defarge: but, a smouldering fire that burnt in the dark lay hidden…

— Charles Dickens

“The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without having a…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Beginning in itself has no value, it is an end which makes beginning meaningful, we must end what we begun.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Dream big dreams, but start small. A journey of thousand steps begins with a step.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

Of your own indefatigable labor from early dawn and of your explicit instructions, that the batteries should reserve their ammunition, until the grand charge…

— John Bigelow

Oh, goodie. Let the bloodbath commence. (Zarek)

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in…

— Terry Pratchett

“Let the battle for peace commence”

— Patrick Ness

“But this night is not through. We’ve made love. And now, to the bed, where the f*cking will commence.”

— Charlotte Featherstone

“Simon says… commence freak out.”

— Penelope Ward

“Waiters and quitters have a little difference; quitters begin well but do not finish it; waiters do not begin it at all. Don’t be…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on; waiters don’t start what they could have gained. What is common there is failure.”

— Israelmore Ayivor