revolutions are not made with rosewater
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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?
Proverb[edit]
revolutions are not made with rosewater
- Transformative changes require sacrifice.