The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.
Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades.
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
A beautiful homily, a genuine sermon, must begin with the first proclamation, with the proclamation of salvation. There is nothing more solid, deep and sure than this proclamation.
The right to life is the first among human rights.
The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you.
The right to life is the first human right. Abortion is killing someone that cannot defend him or herself.
The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family.
It also happens to me that when I meet a clericalist, I suddenly become anti-clerical. Clericalism should not have anything to do with Christianity. St. Paul, who was the first to speak to the Gentiles, the pagans, to believers in other religions, was the first to teach us that.
Be the first to seek to bring good, do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it.
From the first day I joined that family, nothing could be done naturally any more.
For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
Posing was the first job I did in which I understood what I was doing.
I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
I do like putting scenario and story first, and I actually like masking whatever I want to say in the guise of genre.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
Draw near to Nature. Then try like some first human being to say what you see and experience and love and lose.
The first point of courtesy must always be truth.
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.