Life is a predicament which precedes death.
Henry James
Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
Wendell Phillips
Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.
Emanuel Swedenborg
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
Rita Mae Brown
Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
Douglas Horton
Literature precedes genre.
Rick Moody