Synonyms for first and last
first and last

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1. first and last, above alladverb

   taking everything together

   "she was first and last a scientist"

   Synonyms:
   most importantly, most especially, above all

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1. first and last

   Read the full text of the First And last poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Baba Faiz:

   Writing is my first and last love. I can survive without her, but not in the absence of writing.

2. Amanda Newman:

   This is their first and last big chance to be a pop star, and they are when they're on their campus, they are when they're on our stage.

3. Edith Hamilton:

   He was, first and last, the born fighter, to whom the consciousness of being matched against a great adversary suffices and who can dispense with success. Life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that in us which can turn defeat into victory.

4. John Ruskin:

   Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is What do you like Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are.

5. Johann von Goethe:

   The first and last thing required of genius is the love of truth.