Tag: the only constant in life is change
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You can’t fight progress
Saying: You can’t fight progress You can’t fight progress is a common phrase that reflects the inevitability of change and advancement. It implies that trying to resist or hinder progress is ultimately futile. In this context, progress refers to the forward movement or development in various aspects of life, such as technology, society, or personal…
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Incremental
WotD: Incremental It is said that the only constant in life is change, but I would add death and taxes, too, because, well, we all die, and the tax man will always get you in the end. Now, change very rarely happens suddenly. It sort of creeps up on you when you are not looking.…
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Like a lamb to the slaughter
Phrase: Like a lamb to the slaughter Here we walk hand in hand into an uncertain future like lambs to the slaughter. I don’t want to tell you I told you so, but I like to toot my own horn, especially when I’m right. When Russia annexed Crimea back in 2014, I told my students…
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The only constant in life is change
Phrase: The only constant in life is change The quote, “The only constant in life is change,” is attributed to Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived from about 540 BCE to about 480 BCE. It’s not hard to see why the idea of change would be so important to him—he lived through an era…
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Leaps and bounds
Phrase: Leaps and bounds About this time two years ago, the coronavirus, which has been the bane of our lives for two years, first began to raise its head. Some news stories mentioned a strange disease in Wuhan, China, but nobody was paying attention. When China first officially announced it on December 31, 2019, little…
