Source: The Fountains of Paradise (1979), Chapter 2 “The Engineer” (p. 10)
“Trust the first impression that a person's spontaneous look conveys to you. It never fails.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Fidatevi della prima impressione che vi trasmette lo sguardo spontaneo di una persona. Non fallisce mai.
Source: prevale.net
“Never trust them, never trust them. They can't be trusted.”
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900–2002) Queen consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II
On the Germans, to Woodrow Wyatt (16 November 1991), as quoted in The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt: Volume Two (2000) by Woodrow Wyatt, p. 608
“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
“There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.”
Andrzej Sapkowski book Sword of Destiny
Source: Sword of Destiny
“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
“The secret of a long life is to never trust a doctor.”
Luise Rainer (1910–2014) German-born Austrian and American film actress
Spartacus Schoolnet biography http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USArainer.htm
“You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
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