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> [Men go and come, but earth abides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/men-go-and-come-but-earth-abides/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

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## More by George R. Stewart

> [The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/the-trouble-you-re-expecting-never-happens-it-s-always-something-that/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“In this also we are men, that we think of the dead. Once it was not so, and when one of us died, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/in-this-also-we-are-men-that-we-think-of-the-dead-once-it-was-not-so/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“Between the plan and the fulfillment stands always the frail barrier of a human life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/between-the-plan-and-the-fulfillment-stands-always-the-frail-barrier/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“Then, though his sight was now very dim, he looked again at the young men. "They will commit me to the earth," he thought.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/then-though-his-sight-was-now-very-dim-he-looked-again-at-the-young/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [As for man, there is little reason to think that he can in the long run escape the fate of other creatures, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/as-for-man-there-is-little-reason-to-think-that-he-can-in-the-long/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“It is a strange thing," he thought, "to be an old god. They worship you, and yet they mistreat you. If you do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/it-is-a-strange-thing-he-thought-to-be-an-old-god-they-worship-you/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“As once, when the armies of the empire were shattered and the strong barbarians poured in upon the soft provincials, so now the fierce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/as-once-when-the-armies-of-the-empire-were-shattered-and-the-strong/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“In that world, those with seeing eyes could only blunder about, but the blind man would be at home, and now instead of being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/in-that-world-those-with-seeing-eyes-could-only-blunder-about-but-the/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [“If there is a God who made us and we did wrong before His eyes—as George says—at least we did wrong only because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/if-there-is-a-god-who-made-us-and-we-did-wrong-before-his-eyes-as/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

> [Men go and come, but earth abides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-stewart/men-go-and-come-but-earth-abides/)

[George R. Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-stewart/)

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