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Such is the fickleness of the crowd, that the designs of to-day they proceed to abandon on the morrow.

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Tal
Es de un vulgo la inconstancia,
Que los designios de hoy
Intentan borrar mañana.

Original text (Spanish)

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