Early
Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc.
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Early Quotations
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
Maya Angelou
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
Maya Angelou
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
J. Paul Getty
I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.
Audrey Hepburn
Just think of what Woodrow Wilson stood for: he stood for world government. He wanted an early United Nations, League of Nations. But it was the conservatives, Republicans, that stood up against him.
Ron Paul
I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra
It's always too early to quit.
Norman Vincent Peale
Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Early Translations
early in Afrikaans is vroeg, vroegtydig
early in Danish is tidlig, tidligt
early in Dutch is vroeg, pril, vroegtijdig
early in Finnish is aikaisin, aikainen
early in Latin is mane
early in Norwegian is tidlig
early in Portuguese is cedo
early in Spanish is temprano
early in Swedish is tidig
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