As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

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Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

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Party action should follow, not precede the creation of a dominant popular sentiment.

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Anger, even when it punishes the faults of delinquents, ought not to precede reason as its mistress, but attend as a handmaid at the back of reason, to come to the front when bidden. For once it begins to take control of the mind, it calls just what it does cruelly.

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The earth is not a mere fragment of dead history, stratum upon stratum like the leaves of a book, to be studied by geologists and antiquaries chiefly, but living poetry like the leaves of a tree, which precede flowers and fruit -- not a fossil earth, but a living earth; compared with whose great central life all animal and vegetable life is merely parasitic. Its throes will heave our exuviate from their graves.

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Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.

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All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Peace

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Our thanks to God should always precede our requests.

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If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue.

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Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

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If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

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