There is nothing in this World constant, but Inconstancy.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

The only constant is change Impermanence Change

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind. London: John Morphew, 1711.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
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Time
5th century BC
Era
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Original Citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

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Topic
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Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.