1922 J. JOYCE Ulysses 354 First kiss does the trick. The propitious moment. Something inside them goes pop. Mushy like, tell by their eye, on the sly. First thoughts are best. Remember that till their dying day.
1929 ‘P. OLDFELD’ Alchemy Murder viii. 95 ‘I have thought it over. First thoughts are best.’
1943 M. LOWRY Letter 7 Sept. in S. E. Grace Sursum Corda! (1995) I. 427 Don’t shrink the Branches too much—first thoughts often best.
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second thoughts are best — Cf. EURIPIDES Hippolytus 1. 436 αἱ δεύτεραί πως φροντίδες σοφώτεραι, the second thoughts are invariably wiser. 1577 HOLINSHED Chronicles 438 Oftentymes it chaunceth, that latter thoughts are better aduised than the first. 1581 G. PETTIE tr. S.… … Proverbs new dictionary
best — see all’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds the best is the enemy of the good the best of friends must part the best of men are but men at best the best things come in small packages the best things in life are f … Proverbs new dictionary
first — see first catch your hare first come, first served the first duty of a soldier is obedience first impressions are the most lasting on the first of March, the crows begin to search it is the first step that is difficult … Proverbs new dictionary
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