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The first idea that the child must acquire, in order to be actively disciplined, is that of the difference between good and evil
and the task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not co...
The first impression one gets of a new ruler and his brains is from seeing the men he has chosen to have around him.
The first in banquets, but the last in fight.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Iliad of Homer, Book iv, Line 401...
The first in glory, as the first in place.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer, Book xi, Line 441...
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next, good sense, the third, good humor, and the fourth, wit.
-- Sir William Temple...
The First Liar Never Has A Chance
The first lubricant for wheels was caster oil.
The first man is of the earth, earthy. -- New Testament -- 1 Corinthians xv, 47
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poe
he first to repeat it was possibly an idiot. -- Salvador Dali (1904-1989)...
The first man who compared a woman to a flower was a poet, the second an imbecile.

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