Before

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The night is darkest
before the dawn.

—Proverb

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Before you can love others,
you must love yourself.

—Unknown

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Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

—Rumi

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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

—Confucius

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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

—Vince Lombardi

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The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before. Don't wait for her. Start alone.

―Roger Ebert

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How did it get so late
so soon?
It's night
before it's afternoon.
December is here
before it's June.
My goodness
how the time has flewn.

―Dr. Seuss

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All I wanna do
is have a little fun
before I die
says the man next to me
out of nowhere.

―Sheryl Crow

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Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.

—Winnie the Pooh

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Hope is the belief that what we do matters even though how and when it may matter, who and what it may impact, are not things we can know beforehand.

—Rebecca Solnit

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

―Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

―Jacob Riis

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Poem: Before I Was a Gazan

Poem: Before a Painting

Poem: Before the Rains Had Come

Poem: Before the Mirror on New Year’s Eve