#precede

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

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That past which is so presumptuously brought forward as a precedent for the present, was itself founded on some past that went before it. ↗

— Anne Louise Germaine de Stael

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

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

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If one must fight or create, it is necessary that this be preceded by the broadest possible knowledge. ↗

— Karel Capek

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Existence precedes and rules essence. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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The first thing you need to know, in order to establish some perspective and avoid panic, is that the violent government excesses we're seeing today are far from unprecedented. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

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The levels of poverty in 1933's rural America were unimaginable to us now. The 1933 Farm Bill, which introduced unprecedented government control over agriculture, was a reaction to the specific problems facing producers at that time. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

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Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is the basis of all that precedes. ↗

— Emanuel Swedenborg

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There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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