But conditions change whether statesmen wish them to or not; society must have new institutions to fit new wants, and all that rigid conservatism can do is to make the transitions difficult. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
The long habit of rapid transitions made it easy for her to exclaim to the Duchess: Why, I thought you'd gone back to the Princess! 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.