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Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.
Habit
Chinese Proverb

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Those who have free seats at a play hiss first.
Critics and Criticism
Chinese Proverb

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Courage
Winston Churchill

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Say what you have to say and first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending; sit down.
Speakers and Speaking
Winston Churchill

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Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.
Jealousy
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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All through nature, you will find the same law. First the need, then the means.
Desire
Robert Collier

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The first essentials, of course, is to know what you want.
Goals
Robert Collier

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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
Ideas
David H Comins

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Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
Talent
Cyril Connolly

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Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
Understanding
Stephen R. Covey

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We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Imagination
Donald Curtis

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Happiness lies first of all in health.
Happiness
George William Curtis

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Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.
Understanding
Leonardo Da Vinci

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The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.
Parents and Parenting
Clarence Darrow

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I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.
Plays
Bette Davis

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The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Fear
Elmer Davis

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Pride the first peer and president of hell.
Pride
Daniel Defoe

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My first thoughts are that I should not let people down, that I should support them and love them.
Love
Princess of Wales Diana

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
Leaders and Leadership
Denis Diderot

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The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.
Love
Benjamin Disraeli

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. He has nerve and he has knowledge.
Doctors
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
Fear
John Dryden

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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
Habit
John Dryden

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We only love truly once. It is the first time and succeeding passions are less uncontrolled.
Love
Du Coeur

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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Discontent
Thomas A. Edison

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