03295 – The Present Becomes the Former
Chesterson, G. K.

Revolutions turn into institutions; revolts that renew the youth of old societies in their turn grow old; and the past, which was full of new things, of splits and innovations and insurrections, seems to us a single texture of tradition.

from St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox

grow old | innovation(s) | institution(s) | insurrection(s) | new things | old(er) | renew(s) | revolt(s) | revolution(s) | societies | split(s) | texture(d) | thing(s) | tradition(s) | youth(ful)