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Heraclitus

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Nothing endures but change.
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From Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius
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Variant translations: There is nothing permanent except change. Nothing is permanent except change. The only constant is change. Change is the only constant. Change alone is unchanging.

 
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