Precede

Famous quotes containing the word precede:

“It was as lovely a summer as those that precede wars.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)

“Fate then is that necessity by which a certain result will surely be brought to pass according to the natural course of events however we may vary the particular circumstances which precede the event.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)

“Some smaller crimes always precede the great crimes.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)