Who Said...

[sdimbert]

Who said, “The only constant is change.”

Or whatever the quote really is.

And, while we’re at it, can anyone lead me to a website that I can use for similar questions?

Thanks!

[chique]

This quote is the closest I found:
http://www.bartleby.com/100/230.64.html

The site, at least, is one answer to your second question.

[chique]

Then, as I searched a little more, I found http://trivia.about.com/games/trivia/library/blqt112000.htm by typing ‘quotation the only constant is change’ into Google.

[sub]And Maeglin would be mad at me if I didn’t mention he got it right before I found the cite

[Gazoo]

According to this site:

** Who said: “the only thing constant is change.”?
The quote is usually rendered as “The only constant is change.” and it is generally attributed to Heraclitus, the 5th Century B.C. Greek historian. Here is one of several references.

**

It gives additional links to references.

[sdimbert]

THANK YOU!

[KneadToKnow]

from the page linked to above:
Heraclitus … 5th Century B.C.

I love it when modern times are put into perspective.

[AWB]

*Originally posted by sdimbert *
**Who said, “The only constant is change.”

Or whatever the quote really is.

And, while we’re at it, can anyone lead me to a website that I can use for similar questions?

Thanks! **

A version from the Rush song “Tom Sawyer”:

Always hopeful, yet discontent,
He knows changes aren’t permanent,
But change is.

[Maeglin]

the 5th Century B.C. Greek historian. Here is one of several references.

Herodotusp was the 5th century BC Greek Historian.

Heraclitus is the Pre-Socratic Ionian Rationalist philosopher.

Big difference.

[TV_time]

Well, (I just couldn’t resist) “It’s all Greeks to me.”

[StephenG]

Along similar lines, I’ve always heard “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même.” – “The more things things change, the more they stay the same” – or something like it. Who said that? Or is it just a modern, French aphorism?