| There is so much knowledge available about change | | | | - Nature draws more than ten oxen |
| that has rooted itself in our language(s). In this article I | | | | - An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be |
| have gathered a lot of these sayings. | | | | clad in silk and scarlet |
| Some have to do with a change of status, or flow. | | | | - Soon ripe, soon rotten |
| - The tide never goes out so far but it always comes | | | | - Patience is bitter but its fruit sweet |
| in again. (situations changes faster than one often | | | | - Trust is the mother of deceit |
| imagines) | | | | - Poverty is the mother of crime |
| - All shall be well, Jack shall have Jill | | | | - Try the ice before you venture on it |
| - No joy without annoy; after joy comes annoy. | | | | - Short pleasure, long repetence |
| Sadness and gladness succeed each other | | | | - Prosperity discovers vice, adversity virtue |
| - After black clouds, clear weather | | | | - A golden key opens every door |
| - The mirth of the world dures but a while | | | | - Fresh fish and new-come guests smell in three days |
| - On a long journey, straw weighs | | | | - He that measures oil shall anoint his fingers |
| - As a bear has no tail, for a lion he will fail | | | | - The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound |
| - Experience is the mother of wisdom | | | | - Money talks |
| And...with transition... | | | | - Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on |
| - A thief passes for gentleman when stealing has | | | | foot |
| made him rich. | | | | - New lords, new laws |
| - Pigs love that lie together | | | | - An oak is not felled at one stroke |
| But proverbial wisdom is often full of paradox: | | | | Change is also related to learning: |
| - Once a thief, always a thief. It is hard to fight against | | | | - he that lives next door to the cripple, will learn to halt |
| a label / stigma... | | | | - prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them |
| - Once a bishop, always a bishop | | | | - the road to hell is paved with good intentions |
| Time is the constant in change. The universal change | | | | - no flying without wings |
| paradigm is dominated by the concept of time: | | | | ... And always comes when you do not expect it. |
| - Times change and we with them. | | | | There is also the role of fateand destiny. It is whatever |
| - Other times other manners | | | | you believe... |
| - Change of pasture makes fat calves (change brings | | | | - nothing is certain but the unforeseen; unlooked for |
| life) | | | | often comes |
| - Fools may invent fashions that wise men will wear | | | | - praise a fair day at night |
| (the present fashion is always handsome) | | | | - the opera isn't over until the fat lady sings |
| Time is related to the concept of Perishable | | | | - As a tree falls, so shall it lie |
| - Paul's will not always stand | | | | What about the will to change? And ... flexibility |
| - A young courtier, an old beggar | | | | - better bend than break |
| - This morning knows not this evening's happenings | | | | - You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make |
| - Not only ought Fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but | | | | him drink |
| every thing else in the world (There is nothing | | | | - If the lad go to the well against his will, either the can |
| permanent). | | | | will break or the water will spill |
| - Laugh before breakfast, you'll cry before supper. | | | | Without action there is no change: |
| - Today me, tomorrow thee | | | | - No root, no fruit |
| - The death of the wolves is the safety of the sheep | | | | - The first step is the hardest |
| - Time will tell | | | | - Well begun is half done (but: he who begins many |
| - Time is a great healer | | | | things finishes but few) |
| - Better late than never / Too late aware | | | | - There is a first time for everything |
| Origin or birth is where resistance with change start. | | | | - It is no use crying over spilt milk |
| Some things will never change: | | | | - He that will conquer must fight |
| - Like cow, like calf / Young pigs grunt like the old sow | | | | - Perseverance overcomes all things |
| - Like father, like son | | | | - The last mile is the longest / the sting is in the tail |
| - If the staff be crooked, the shadow cannot be | | | | - The best of friends must part |
| straight | | | | - One of these days is none of these days |
| - A wild goose never laid a tame egg | | | | - Nothing ventured, nothing gained |
| - Blood is thicker than water | | | | - In for a penny, in for a pound |
| - Born poor, remain poor all your life | | | | - Slow but sure wins the race |
| Many proverbs have only a slight association with | | | | - Everything comes to him who waits |
| change, but I left them in,there are many of them: | | | | - You must sow ere you reap |
| - Young men think old men fools, and old men know | | | | - To stand still is to move back |
| young men to be so | | | | - A good example is the best sermon |
| - Marry in haste and repent at leisure | | | | Can you go too far with change? |
| - Boys will be men | | | | - A rolling stone gathers no moss / a tree often |
| - A young men, an old saint | | | | transplanted bears not much fruit |
| - Habit is a second nature | | | | And at last there is the change agent. |