Firsts Quotes - Page 119
Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.
Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.163, Princeton University Press
She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman.
Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker (1979). “I Love Myself when I Am Laughing ... and Then Again when I Am Looking Mean and Impressive: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader”, p.249, Feminist Press at CUNY
The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.
Sir Winston Churchill (1966). “Irrepressible Churchill: a treasury of Winston Churchill's wit”
"The Letters of William James".
"Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside".
Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.25
Caxton's edition (c.1478) of Chaucer's translation of Boethius 'De Consolacione Philosophie' epilogue