Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
In plain words
You can change your mind and still keep what you stand for.
Where these words come from
- 82% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Postscriptum de ma vie (1907, posthumous collection of Hugo's writings) — Wikiquote Sourced.
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