Jay Leno is not a guy who likes change. He eats the same food every day.
The principles and passions of men are always the same and lead to the same result, varying only according to the circumstances in which they are placed.
As flowers always wear their own colors and give forth their own fragrance every day alike, so should Christians maintain their character at all times and under all circumstances.
A zebra does not change its spots.
The fox remains always a fox, the goose remains a goose, and the tiger will retain the character of a tiger.
Slice him where you like, a hellhound is always a hellhound.
Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.
Once an asshole, always an asshole.
Times change. Every generation has a new set of problems. Human nature is unmoved.
Our human nature is exactly the same as it was 500 years ago, let alone five years ago.
History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.
Once a wolf, always a wolf.
The core of people don't change... what you see is what you get.
People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.
Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change.
The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not.
It's not that big a mystery about types. It's not even that big a mystery why so many people are picking up on things now. It's like we were talking about the primitive thing before and all that. Nothing has really changed much. The things that have changed are like we're on the noon now. There are more buildings now. But we're still basically two monkeys sitting here.
I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years.
One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us and whereto our passions transport us. But those which by long habit are rooted in a strong and anchored in a powerful will are not subject to contradiction. Repentance is but a denying of our will, and an opposition of our fantasies, which diverts us here and there.
