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Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second.
Love
Baltasar Gracian

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News is the first rough draft of history.
News
Philip L. Graham

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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
Income
Greek Proverb

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All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.
Originality
Clement Greenberg

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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
Thoughts and Thinking
Robert Hall

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The courage of the truth is the first condition of philosophic study.
Philosophers and Philosophy
Georg Hegel

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All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
Words
Ernest Hemingway

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Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end.
Victory
Robert Herrick

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The person lives twice who lives the first life well.
Life and Living
Robert Herrick

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.
Trying
William E. Hickson

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Lots of people know a good thing the minute the other fellow sees it first.
Ideas
Job E. Hodges

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You must see first before you can believe.
Belief
Raymond Holliwell

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A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.
Age and Aging
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Doubt
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority.
Self-knowledge
Tom Hopkins

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Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
Writers and Writing
Horace

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If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.
Tears
Horace

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If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
Emotions
Horace

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If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
Heaven
Doug Horton

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If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do succeed.
Perseverance
Curly Howard

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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Action
Lee Iacocca

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The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
Fools and Foolishness
Italian Proverb

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The healthy die first.
Health
Italian Proverb

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
Adversity
William James

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Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom.
Honesty
Thomas Jefferson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun