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From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text; And embryo good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the evil in its nature.

New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.

"Spiral!" the memorable Lady terms Our mind's ascent.

That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat; descent and fall To give us is adverse.

What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to him--therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

Speak softly, and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.