The more things change, the more they are the same.

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

Alphonse Karr

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Topic

Change

Author

Alphonse Karr

Source

Les Guepes

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Karr, Alphonse. Les Guepes. Au Bureau du Figaro, c. 1849.

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

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Alfred Tennyson
Source
Locksley Hall Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

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Another quote about Change

The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.

Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin' (song)

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Old vs. young Change The 60s
Speaker
Bob Dylan
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The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)
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Song
Genre
Protest music Folk music
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
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Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

Another quote originally in French

France cannot be France without greatness.

Charles de Gaulle

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Topic
France

Author

Charles de Gaulle
Source
L'Appel
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1954 1950s 20th century
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Original Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. "L'Appel, 1940-1942." Mémoires de Guerre [War Memories]. c. 1954, ch. 1.

Current Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles De Gaulle. Carroll & Graf Pub, 1998, vol. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Nature to be commanded must be obeyed.

Francis Bacon

Novum Organum

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Topic
Man and nature Nature

Author

Francis Bacon
Source
Novum Organum
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Latin
Time
1620 1620s 17th century
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. Novum Organum. London: John Beale, 1620, bk. 1, no. 3.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. The New Organon. Translated by Michael Silverthorne. Cambridge UP, 2000, bk. 1, no. 3.