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Firsts Quotes by Donald Knuth
- Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.
- My first program taught me a lot about the errors that I was going to be making in the future, and also about how to…
- ... the designer of a new system must not only be the implementor and the first large-scale user; the designer should also write the first…
- My general working style is to write everything first with pencil and paper, sitting beside a big wastebasket. Then I use Emacs to enter the…
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- 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