There is a solitude, or perhaps a solemnity, in the few hours that precede the dawn of day which is unlike that of any others in the twenty-four, and which I cannot explain or account for. Thoughts come to me at this time that I never have at any other. - George Bird Grinnell
Harsh winters precede pleasant springs. - Matshona Dhliwayo
Para Sartre a existência precede a essência, no sentido de que existir precede isso que nós somos; e que somos o que nós mesmos escolhemos ser. - Clarice Lispector
In science, mistakes always precede the truth. - Horace Walpole
If the headache would only precede the intoxication, alcoholism would be a virtue. - Samuel Butler
If virtue precede us every step will be safe. - Seneca
The number and richness of man’s signifiers always surpasses the set of defined objects that could be termed signifieds. The symbolic function must always precede its object and does not encounter reality except when it precedes it into the imaginary… - Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Love may precede respect but it cannot survive the loss of it. - Joe L. Wheeler
Beautiful thoughts precede a beautiful life. - Matshona Dhliwayo