#soonest

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. ↗

— William C. Bryant

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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest. ↗

— Walter Scott

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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns. ↗

— Thomas Moore

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We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest. ↗

— Voltaire

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