But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy (1789)
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790) Change is inevitable. In a progressive country change is constant. Benjamin Disraeli, Speech, Edinburgh (1867)
British politician (1804 - 1881) They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Confucius, Analects
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC) The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly. Paul McCartney, The Observer (1987) The more things change the more they remain the same. Alphonse Karr, Les Guêpes You cannot step twice into the same river. Heraclitus, In Plato, Cratylus
Greek philosopher (540 BC - 480 BC) There is nothing in this world constant, but inconsistancy. Jonathan Swift, A Critical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind (1709)
Irish essayist, novelist, & satirist (1667 - 1745) Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1970)
US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. Sydney Smith
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