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revolutions are not made with rosewater

revolutions are not made with rosewater proverb: transformative changes require sacrifice.

Proverb

revolutions are not made with rosewater

  1. Transformative changes require sacrifice.

Synonyms of revolutions are not made with rosewater

Origin of revolutions are not made with rosewater

From Nicolas Chamfort (1789): :voulez‐vous qu'on vous fasse des révolutions à l'eau rose? :do you want us to make you revolutions with rosewater?

Questions about revolutions are not made with rosewater

What does revolutions are not made with rosewater mean?
Revolutions are not made with rosewater means transformative changes require sacrifice.
What part of speech is revolutions are not made with rosewater?
Revolutions are not made with rosewater is a proverb.

Words near revolutions are not made with rosewater in the dictionary

  1. revolutionizer
  2. revolutionizers
  3. revolutionizes
  4. revolutionizing
  5. revolutions
  6. revolutions are not made with rosewater
  7. revolutive
  8. revolvable
  9. revolve
  10. revolve around
  11. revolved

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