- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
First Law Quotes
Two very different ideas of what comes first.
Several quotes here treat mutual pardon and tolerance as the true first law of nature, framing human error as something meant to be forgiven reciprocally. For more foundational-sounding sayings, see Advertising quotes.
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- Follies
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is just physics - who can argue with Newton and the first law of thermodynamics?
- Avoid
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise... and cultivate the delightfully vague.
- Criticism
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- Nov 07, 2020
Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first Law of Heaven is obedience, and it should be the first law of every home. It is the foundation of an orderly home, a successful family, and the successful lives of the children. The wife is the key.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double salary for the prime minister and the ministers. I have a salary as member of parliament. I don't want a double salary. So it was a very important decision.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our annual school physics trip was always to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, as it's such a good example of Newtonian physics. You can learn about centrifugal force and Newton's first law from the roller coasters, and the Viking long boat is a giant pendulum. It's good for children to understand that science underpins all these brilliant things.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020