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The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

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Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

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Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.

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First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.

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The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are not given tenure; they are murdered, after first being tortured. Blasphemy, which is broadly defined, is punished. Gays are not only excluded from Iranian universities, but are imprisoned and killed.

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First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.

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The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

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Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

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Fortunate are those who take the first steps.

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The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.

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This demand follows from an insight that I was the first to articulate: that there are no moral facts.

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Never commit yourself to a cheese without having first examined it.

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And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.

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I'm thinking only of my illness and my health, though both, the first as well as the second, are you.

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Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.

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All high poetry is infinite; it is as the first acorn, which contained all oaks potentially.

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It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it for others, and finally you do it for money.

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First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.

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Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.

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Every offense is not a hate at first.

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