Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?

הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עֹורֹ֔ו וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו

Jeremiah 13:23

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Difficulty of change Change

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Jeremiah The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Jeremiah 13:23).

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Another quote about Change

Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Openness to change Change

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Alfred Tennyson
Source
Locksley Hall Poems
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 182.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 182.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Sappho

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Loved ones

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Sappho
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Poem
Language
Greek
Time
570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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Randomness Timing The human condition
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Ecclesiastes The Bible
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Scripture
Genre
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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

But I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

Moses

Exodus 4:10

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Speech impediments
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Moses
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Exodus The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 4:10).

Another quote of the following type Question

Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?

J. Parnell Thomas

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Red Scare Cold War American politics
Speaker
J. Parnell Thomas
Medium
Congressional hearing
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Thomas, J. Parnell. Hearing on communist influences in the motion picture industry. 30 Oct. 1947, Washington, DC, USA.