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proverb
Transformative changes require sacrifice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
Antonyms: none provided
History
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?
