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It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
Parents and Parenting
Ama Ata Aidoo

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If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.
Success
M. H. Alderson

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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.
Cities and City Life
Fred A. Allen

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The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.
Churches
Fred A. Allen

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I think being funny is not anyone's first choice.
Comedy and Comedians
Woody Allen

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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
Risk
American Proverb

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Sympathy is the first condition of criticism.
Sympathy
Henri Frederic Amiel

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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Enemies
Antisthenes

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Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
Enemies
Antisthenes

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Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults
Enemies
Antisthenes

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First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
World
Zen Aphorism

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It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
Wonder
Aristotle

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Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
Work
Brooks Atkinson

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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Confession
St. Augustine

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A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
Words
Burt Bacharach

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Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.
Success
Jim Backus

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God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure.
Gardening and Gardens
Francis Bacon

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God's first creature, which was light.
Creation
Francis Bacon

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Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.
Change
Pearl Bailey

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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
Fraud
Pearl Bailey

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Simplicity is natures first step, and the last of art.
Simplicity
Philip James Bailey

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The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
Arts and Artists
Lester Bangs

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I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.
Communication
John Banham

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If at first you don't succeed, try to hide your astonishment.
Success
Harry F. Banks

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The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.
Love At First Sight
Natalie Clifford Barney

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