the wheel turns

English

Proverb

the wheel turns

1. Time moves forward; circumstances change; life continues.
   • 2010, Laurent Fignon, We Were Young and Carefree: The Autobiography of Laurent Fignon (trans. by William Fotheringham), Yellow Jersey Press (2010; original French version published 2009), →ISBN, page 64:

     You have to accept that a new world pushes out the old. The wheel turns.

   • 2011, Angela Greg, Murder in the Lane, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 25:

     "I'm sorry, Paul. I know you went through hell with her nonsense, and I don't know how you put up with so much for Sammy, but the wheel turns, mate. Keep cool and let me know what you plan to do."

   • 2012 January 1, Stephen Moffat, "A Scandal in Belgravia", episode 2-1 of Sherlock, 01:12:34-01:12:47:

     Sherlock Holmes: There's going to be a bomb on a passenger jet. British and American governments know about it, but rather than expose the source of their information, they're going to let it happen. The plane will blow up. Coventry all over again. The wheel turns, nothing is ever new.

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