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Quote by Joseph Addison
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. – Joseph Addison

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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed. – Joseph Addison

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Imagination
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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution. – Joseph Addison

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Change means that what was before wasnt perfect. People want things to be better. – Esther Dyson

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Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. – Mason Cooley

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It is strange and wonderful what changes may be wrought by a few fleeting months, on the human frame, and the human heart. – Elizabeth J. Eames, “An Autumn Reverie,” October 1840

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I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself. – Aldous Huxley

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Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers. – Sarah Zettel

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