Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosopher
"War is progress, peace is stagnation."
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Stagnation
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Amy Lowell
Poet
"Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation."
Amy Lowell
Poet
"Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation."
Andy Warhol
Artist, Filmmaker
"Security breeds stagnation."
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher, Statesman
"Indolence is stagnation; employment is life."
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"That path leads ever down into stagnation."
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"Anything is better than stagnation."
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"The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation."
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