Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.
Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.
nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.
For much of my life, I existed in a condition of regret, a regret that was contemporaneous with experience, and which sometimes preceded experience.
If you don’t choose to plant, don’t dream to harvest. Ownership precedes production and production comes as a result of deliberate choice.
Soon the pain felt wonderful, almost sweet, because it was the kind that you can tell precedes relief. But maybe all pain is like that.
No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.
It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.
What worries me is that 'post-racial' America is not that different from the Americas that have preceded us, and it might not ever be.
Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.
I prefer to have one gigantic laugh preceded by several smaller laughs rather than a bunch of medium laughs all along.
I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.
The human race is evolving to the realization that what is happening on the level of consciousness both precedes and determines what happens in the world.
I don't think people were betting on me, but they were giving me a chance. I think I rode a wave there, by being different in appearance than the girls who preceded me.
Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world. And there's no question that it is a factor, but it's preceded by the loss of resilience an...
To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.
Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.
I cannot improve on those spoken for many years by a true legend who preceded me at CBS News. He would say, simply, 'good night, and good luck.'
Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions.
