Quote by Francis Bacon
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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly. – Francis Bacon

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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. – Francis Bacon

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Men
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Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. – Francis Bacon

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Home
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Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves. – Blaise Pascal

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Change

We emphasize that we believe in change because we were born of it, we have lived by it, we prospered and grew great by it. So the status quo has never been our god, and we ask no one else to bow down before it. – Carl T. Rowan

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I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution. – Peter Camejo

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You know, I dont really do that much looking inside me when Im working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film is. But I change you change. – Steven Spielberg

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Ive never found therapy to be a sign of weakness Ive found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength. – Brooke Shields

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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. – Harold S. Geneen

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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future. – Voltaire

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