靡不有初，鲜克有终

mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng

almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

靡

mǐ

extravagant

不

bù

no; not so

有

yǒu

to have; there is

初

chū

at first

，

,

鲜

xiǎn

few

克

kè

variant of 剋|克[ke4]

有

yǒu

to have; there is

终

zhōng

end