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at first

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at first

(idiomatic) Initially; at the start.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

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So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. Christopher Reeve

The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight. Natalie Clifford Barney

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it. W. C. Fields

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. Lebanese Proverb

Every cackling hen was an egg at first. Rwandan Proverb

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. English Proverb

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