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    From lower to the higher next,
    Not to the top, is Nature's text;
    And embryo good, to reach full stature,
    Absorbs the evil in its nature.

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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.

by Ogden Nash Found in: Progress Quotes,
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Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

by Stanislaw Lem Found in: Progress Quotes,
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I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent read more

I have seen that Man moves over with each new generation into a
bigger body, more awful, more reverent and more free than he has
had before.

by Gerald Stanley Lee Found in: Progress Quotes,
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all read more

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Progress Quotes,
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The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

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"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.

"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms
Our mind's ascent.

by George Meredith Found in: Progress Quotes,
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I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at read more

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

by Frank Moore Colby Found in: Progress Quotes,
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He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, read more

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Progress Quotes,
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