Firsts Quotes - Page 69
Cities are, first of all, seats of the highest economic division of labor.
Georg Simmel, Kurt H. Wolff (1950). “The Sociology of Georg Simmel”, p.420, Simon and Schuster
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Essays "Of Gardens" (1625)
Ours is the first age in history which has asked the child what he would tolerate learning.
Flannery O'Connor (2014). “Mystery and Manners”, p.77, Faber & Faber
Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.
Ernest Thompson Seton (2010). “The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe Journey”, p.48, BoD – Books on Demand
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London" l. 19 (1946)
Of all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.
David Hume (1826). “The philosophical works of David Hume”, p.443
Christopher Alexander (1979). “The Timeless Way of Building”, p.12, New York : Oxford University Press
"Maxims". "Political Testament of Cardinal Richelieu", 1964.