point of departure

Noun

Meaning

a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched

a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

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Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure. Antonio Porchia

I believe it safe to say that all progress must lead, not to further progress, but finally to the negation of progress, a return to the point of departure. Eugène Delacroix

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. Elihu Root

In a constantly revolving circle every point is simultaneously a point of departure and a point of return. If we interrupt the rotation, not every point of departure is a point of return. Karl Marx

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought. Pablo Picasso

In judging others, the point of departure is always himself. Hungarian Proverb

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