Precede

Famous quotes containing the word precede:

“In the history of the human mind, these glowing and ruddy fables precede the noonday thoughts of men, as Aurora the sun’s rays. The matutine intellect of the poet, keeping in advance of the glare of philosophy, always dwells in this auroral atmosphere.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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

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