times

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 531 words | Copyright

times times change and we with time proverbial saying, late 16th century, meaning that we adapt in response to changes in the world around us; English equivalent of Latin tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis. In William Harrison's Description of Britain (1577), the Latin saying is attributed to the Emperor Lothar I (795–855) in the form Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis [All things change, and we change with them]’.

See also move with the times, other times, other manners, sign of the times, time.

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