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The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again
The musician who always plays on the same string, is laughed at
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal
We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden
Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes
All things are only transitory
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly
Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough and it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
All that is, at all,
Lasts ever. past recall;
Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.
Lasts ever. past recall;
Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure.
Rabbi ben Ezra
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