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title: "109 Prelude Quotes by 93 authors"
description: "Browse 109 Prelude quotes by 93 authors. Discover the best Prelude sayings and thoughts."
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> [Marriage is the prelude to divorce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/marriage-is-the-prelude-to-divorce/)

[Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/)

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> [“Procrastination is a prelude in a minor key.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-vian/procrastination-is-a-prelude-in-a-minor-key/)

[Boris Vian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-vian/)

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> [Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/dancing-is-the-normal-prelude-to-intercourse/)

[Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/)

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> [This life is only a prelude to eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/this-life-is-only-a-prelude-to-eternity/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The still, sad music of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-greenleaf-whittier/the-still-sad-music-of-humanity/)

[John Greenleaf Whittier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-greenleaf-whittier/)

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> [“Anger is the prelude to courage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/anger-is-the-prelude-to-courage/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/healthy-discontent-is-the-prelude-to-progress/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [“PRELUDE TO A NEW DREAM”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-miguel-ruiz/prelude-to-a-new-dream/)

[don Miguel Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-miguel-ruiz/)

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> [How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-yolen/how-often-is-the-passing-of-one-storm-only-a-prelude-to-another/)

[Jane Yolen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-yolen/)

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> [For what is delusion but the prelude to hurt. And what is hurt but the prelude to rage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/for-what-is-delusion-but-the-prelude-to-hurt-and-what-is-hurt-but-the/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [This was but a prelude; where books are burnt human-beings will be burnt in the end](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heinrich-heine/this-was-but-a-prelude-where-books-are-burnt-human-beings-will-be/)

[Heinrich Heine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heinrich-heine/)

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> [A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-shostakovich/a-great-piece-of-music-is-beautiful-regardless-of-how-it-is-performed-2/)

[Dmitri Shostakovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-shostakovich/)

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> [Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-clerk-maxwell/thoroughly-conscious-ignorance-is-the-prelude-to-every-real-advance/)

[James Clerk Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-clerk-maxwell/)

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> [I am a prelude to better players, O my brothers! An example! Follow my example!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/i-am-a-prelude-to-better-players-o-my-brothers-an-example-follow-my/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [“Failure is nothing more than a prelude to success—and a poetic one at that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parrish-dudell/failure-is-nothing-more-than-a-prelude-to-success-and-a-poetic-one-at/)

Michael Parrish DuDell

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> [Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vance-havner/taking-it-easy-is-often-the-prelude-to-backsliding-comfort-precedes/)

[Vance Havner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vance-havner/)

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> [For in the wood these golden days Some leaf obeys its Maker's call. And through their hollow aisles it plays With delicate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/for-in-the-wood-these-golden-days-some-leaf-obeys-its-maker-s-call/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/freedom-is-not-won-by-merely-overthrowing-a-tyrannical-ruler-or-an/)

[Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/)

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> [What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-is-a-man-s-life-but-a-prelude-to-his-death-and-what-is-death-but/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [How many times had those awful words - "I know what I'm doing" - been uttered throughout history as prelude to disaster?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-buckley/how-many-times-had-those-awful-words-i-know-what-i-m-doing-been/)

[Christopher Buckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-buckley/)

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> [Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/death-is-but-an-aspect-of-life-and-the-destruction-of-one-material/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to live and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/when-the-sun-shrinks-to-a-dull-red-dwarf-it-will-not-be-dying-it-will/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-boyd-orr/it-is-said-that-those-whom-the-gods-wish-to-destroy-they-first-make/)

[John Boyd Orr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-boyd-orr/)

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> [“It's amazing how a certain time in your life can seem to be a prelude, but when you look back, you realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jardine-libaire/it-s-amazing-how-a-certain-time-in-your-life-can-seem-to-be-a-prelude/)

[Jardine Libaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jardine-libaire/)

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> [That was the first sound in the song of love! Scarce more than silence is, and yet a sound. Hands of invisible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/that-was-the-first-sound-in-the-song-of-love-scarce-more-than-silence/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [Since Deacon Hollingshead's arrival in town last July the Dominion had been hard at work, cleansing New York City of moral corruption.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-charles-wilson/since-deacon-hollingshead-s-arrival-in-town-last-july-the-dominion/)

[Robert Charles Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-charles-wilson/)

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> [Nature religions, for example, speak of summer, fall, winter, and spring. They see the downward path as the necessary prelude to any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/nature-religions-for-example-speak-of-summer-fall-winter-and-spring/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [As far as Death was aware, the sole reason for any human association with pigs and lambs was as a prelude to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/as-far-as-death-was-aware-the-sole-reason-for-any-human-association/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-bremmer/there-is-always-the-risk-that-a-conflagration-in-the-middle-east/)

[Ian Bremmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-bremmer/)

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> [I love the Bach Prelude No. 2 in C Minor and had that stuck in my head: why don't I put this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/petra-haden/i-love-the-bach-prelude-no-2-in-c-minor-and-had-that-stuck-in-my-head/)

[Petra Haden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/petra-haden/)

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> [For me the whole world is like a gigantic theater in which I am the only spectator without opera glasses. The orchestra…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-babel/for-me-the-whole-world-is-like-a-gigantic-theater-in-which-i-am-the/)

[Isaac Babel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-babel/)

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> [Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-cabot/needless-to-say-the-fact-that-he-actually-spoke-to-me-at-all/)

[Meg Cabot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-cabot/)

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> [Let us begin this letter, this prelude to an encounter, formally, as a declaration, in the old-fashioned way: I love you. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/let-us-begin-this-letter-this-prelude-to-an-encounter-formally-as-a/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/in-his-very-rejection-of-art-walt-whitman-is-an-artist-he-tried-to/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [Time wastes too fast : every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen ; the days and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/time-wastes-too-fast-every-letter-i-trace-tells-me-with-what-rapidity/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There's a lot of levels of metanarrative that I like to play with. That's why I like the Ghostfacers, because we actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-edlund/there-s-a-lot-of-levels-of-metanarrative-that-i-like-to-play-with/)

[Ben Edlund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-edlund/)

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> [Since you are "in the market," you need to set standards of what you are seeking in a partner and in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-price/since-you-are-in-the-market-you-need-to-set-standards-of-what-you-are/)

[David Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-price/)

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> [The discussion of the sexual problem is only a somewhat crude prelude to a far deeper question, and that is the question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-jung/the-discussion-of-the-sexual-problem-is-only-a-somewhat-crude-prelude/)

[Carl Jung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-jung/)

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> [For the past eighty years I have started each day in the same manner. It is not a mechanical routine, but something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-casals/for-the-past-eighty-years-i-have-started-each-day-in-the-same-manner-2/)

[Pablo Casals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-casals/)

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> [A faithful person sees life from the perspective of trust, not fear. Bedrock faith allows me to believe that, despite the chaos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/a-faithful-person-sees-life-from-the-perspective-of-trust-not-fear/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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