“Being precedes Truth, and … Truth precedes the Good.”
The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance (1965)
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On Allah (God), as quoted in Doctrine of Sufis (1977) by Abû Bakr al- Kalâbâdî, as translated by A. J. Arberry, Ch. 5 p. 15

Source: 2000s, A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (2000), p. 231
Context: South Carolina cites, loosely, but with substantial accuracy, some of the language of the original Declaration. That Declaration does say that it is the right of the people to abolish any form of government that becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established. But South Carolina does not repeat the preceding language in the earlier document: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal'.

“Awareness precedes choice and choice precedes results.”
Source: The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class

“It’s good to remember that in science, mistakes always precede discoveries. Be teachable.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn

From The Liberty to Trade as Buttressed by National Law (1909) by George H. Earle, Jr.