A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

A change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance read more

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
On read more

We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue.
[Fr., On commence par etre dupe,
On finit par etre fripon.]

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
[Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco;
Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the
more.
[Fr., Il n'y a rien de read more

Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the
more.
[Fr., Il n'y a rien de change en France; il n'y a qu'un Francais
de plus.]

When you are through changing, you are through.

When you are through changing, you are through.

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another read more

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his
mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta
sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]