18th-century Scottish Proverb

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“We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry.”
—18th-century Scottish proverb, collected in James Kelly, Complete Collection of Scottish Proverbs, no. 351 (1721)

“Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
—Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

“As the proverb says, “a good beginning is half the business” and “to have begun well” is praised by all.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)