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ولكن دوام الحال من المحال

English translation: Change is the law of life


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20:17 Jul 1, 2010
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Arabic term or phrase: ولكن دوام الحال من المحال
ولكن دوام الحال من المحال كما تقول الحكمة الشائعة فسيأتي اليوم الذي ينتفض فيها الشعب السوري على هذه الحكومة الدكتاتورية ويقتص منها ومن افعالها الاجرامية بحقه ويسترد كامل حقوقه المسلوبة وحرياته المسروقة من قبل تلك الحكومة .
fidaa2007
Jordan
Local time: 23:05
English translation:Change is the law of life
Explanation:
And a fourth suggestion!

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - quote by John F Kennedy.
www.iwise.com/jil08
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Nesrin
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Summary of answers provided
5Life never remains on the same path.
Morano El-Kholy
5Nothing is permanentMona Helal
5Nothing stays the sameFuad Yahya
5Things change!hatim23
5But life has many ups and downs
Muhammad Atallah
4 +1Nothing lasts forever
baligh
4Change is the law of life
Nesrin
4Nothing stands stillsktrans


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Nothing stays the same


Explanation:
Nothing endures but change.

Nothing is constant except change.

... and many similar expressions.

Fuad Yahya
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But life has many ups and downs


Explanation:
Another suggestion!

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-01 21:31:35 GMT)
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Another traditional English metaphor:

"Life is a shuttle"

viz.: never constant, sometimes up, sometimes down.
http://books.google.com.eg/books?id=09DnvWRVNjEC&pg=PA22&lpg...

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
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Things change!


Explanation:
Brief, idiomatic and conveys the meaning! And Allah knows best!

hatim23
United States
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Change is the law of life


Explanation:
And a fourth suggestion!

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - quote by John F Kennedy.
www.iwise.com/jil08

Nesrin
Local time: 21:05
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Life never remains on the same path.


Explanation:
As Life is unstable in itself.

Morano El-Kholy
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Nothing is permanent


Explanation:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=nothing is permanent&ie=ut...

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-07-02 02:24:58 GMT)
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Nothing is permanent except change!

Mona Helal
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Nothing stands still


Explanation:
Just another way of saying it.

This idea comes to us from the ancient philosopher Heraclitis. Type his name on the Internet and see all the variations on the theme, such as the ones proposed by the colleagues.

sktrans
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Nothing lasts forever


Explanation:
It's just a very common idiom

Also "All things must pass" (However, I think here the meaning is slightly different)

baligh
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