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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The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.

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Revolution Class conflict Oppression Politics

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The Communist Manifesto
Medium
Pamphlet
Genre
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Language
German
Time
1848 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote about Change

For the loser now will be later to win,
For the times they are a-changin'.

Bob Dylan

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Change Underdogs Justice
Speaker
Bob Dylan
Source
The Times They Are a-Changin' (song) The Times They Are a-Changin' (album)
Medium
Song
Genre
Protest music Folk music
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions
Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Dylan, Bob. "The Times They Are a-Changin'." The Times They Are a-Changin'. Columbia Records, 1965.

Another quote originally in French

In the desert there is all-and yet nothing…God is there and man is not.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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The desert

Author

Honoré de Balzac
Source
A Passion in the Desert La Comédie humaine
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1830 1820s 19th century
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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. "Une passion dans le desert [A Passion in the Desert]." Revue de Paris, 26 Dec. 1830.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

How apt the poor are to be proud!

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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Topic
The poor
Speaker
Olivia

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Medium
Play
Genre
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Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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