If you start a thing badly it takes a long time to finish it, because the bad start seriously affects the later work. But if you make a good start, everything follows naturally and easily. For example if the foundations of a house are sound and well constructed, the house is better built and put up more rapidly than if it has to be erected on faulty foundations.
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