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If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change. — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

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If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Leopard · 1957
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Topic
The only constant is changeStatus quoChange
Statement type
Paradox
Medium
Novel
Time
1957
Person
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Provenance
Current citation
Lampedusa, Giuseppe. The Leopard, translated by Archibald Colquhoun. Pantheon, 2007, ch. 1.
Original citation
Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi. Il Gattopard [The Leopard]. Feltrinelli, 1958, ch. 1.

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