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    I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
    [Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.]

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for read more

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Change Quotes,
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We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon read more

We are chameleons, and our partialities and prejudices change place with an easy and blessed facility, and we are soon wonted to the change and happy in it.

by Mark Twain Found in: Change Quotes,
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

by Ludovico Ariosto Found in: Change Quotes,
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A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

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We must become the change we want to see.

We must become the change we want to see.

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Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Change Quotes,
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There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found read more

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.

by Washington Irving Found in: Change Quotes,
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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
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Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]

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There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus.

There is nothing permanent except change. -Heraclitus.

by Heraclitus Found in: Change Quotes,
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