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Change begets change. Charles Dickens
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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton
change begets
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast.
change men rocks
Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he seldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion. The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.
change country littles
If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country. Charles Sturt
change age wells
It is not well to make great changes in old age. Charles Spurgeon
change becoming becoming-new
Everything is perpetually becoming new. Alan Watts
change way world
When you get free from certain fixed concepts of the way the world is, you find it is far more subtle, and far more miraculous, than you thought it was.
change vices computer
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa. Alan Perlis
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
time looks one-thing
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
time world overcoming
Time is the most subtle yet the most insatiable of depredators, and by appearing to take nothing is permitted to take all; nor can it be satisfied until it has stolen the world from us, and us from the world. It constantly flies, yet overcomes all things by flight; and although it is the present ally, it will be the future conqueror of death.
time journey men
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
time opportunity enemy
Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have little to fear from his enemies, but he that has made it his enemy will have little to hope from his friends.
cities mind vision
That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.
cities mind moral
I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.
cities literature village
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
cities discipline suffering
The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, or individuals - suffer devastating consequences. Charles Stanley
cities dying wipe
This city is dying of rabies. Is the best I can do to wipe random flecks of foam from its lips? Alan Moore
cities london england
London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.
cities doldrums has-beens
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. Alan Hansen
cities space
Eventually there are going to be cities in space. Alan Bean
cities perception facts
In fact, even the perception of a resurgence in crime can be enough to paralyze business momentum and destroy the sense of security that a vibrant and progressive city requires. Alan Autry