“Burton sighed, laughed loudly, and said, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” Another fairy tale to give men hope. The old religions have been discredited — although some refuse to face even that fact — so new ones must be invented.””
Source: The Riverworld series, To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971), Chapter 23 (p. 179)
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