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First Quotes by Elbert Hubbard
- Truth, in its struggles for recognition, passes through four distinct stages. First, we say it is damnable, dangerous, disorderly, and will surely disrupt society. Second,…
- Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
- Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that…
- If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him, speak well of him, and stand by the institution he represents. Remember, an…
- You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life,…
- In order to have friends, you must first be one.
- It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.
- At first a woman doesn't want anything but a husband, but just as soon as she gets one, she wants everything else in the world
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- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour
- The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- For some young people, their first experience ever hearing punk rock music was playing the Green Bay Packers on 'Madden'. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great… — Karen Armstrong