Today it is fashionable to be smart, to speak beautifully, to use proverbs, sayings and other popular expressions in your speech. One such example that can often be heard today is the following phrase: "Everything new is well forgotten old".
Value of expression
As they say, "everything is transient and passing away, only music is eternal." What does it mean? The point is that everything in life does not go in a straight line, but in a circle. All events are repeated, come and go, disappear for a while to return again. You can give a huge number of examples that everything returns to normal. We use the experience of previous generations, modify it and present it as a new product. There is nothing wrong with the fact that everything new is a well-forgotten old, no. Not every person is given something to come up with on their own. This is inherent only to individual, gifted individuals, thereforethe rest have to use someone else's experience. Everything returns: fashion, outlook on life, hobbies. Of course, this is not always visible on the surface, but if you look closely, you can find a lot of examples.
Origin of the catchphrase
This phrase "Everything new is well forgotten old" appeared in the first half of the 19th century. The authorship is attributed to the French writer Jacques Pesce. In 1824 his Memoirs were published, but he did not publish them in his own name. As a pseudonym, he used the name of Rose Burnet, the personal dressmaker of the French Queen Marie Antoinette.
This phrase has its own history. The plot in which she was born is as follows: the queen, like any woman, was very fond of new dresses. Having a high status, she wanted to look perfect, so her dressmaker, trying to please her mistress, dodged as best she could. Once Rose Burnet took one of the Queen's old dresses and altered it, changing the style a little. The queen was very pleased with the new thing. It was in this case that the dressmaker concluded that "everything new is a well-forgotten old".
Authorship controversy
Answering the question of who said, "the new is the well-forgotten old", it is difficult to give an exact answer. There is a lot of controversy on this topic. There is no doubt that Jacques Pesce wrote this phrase in his Memoirs. However, some have doubts about whether he invented it himself orread somewhere. Doubts arise due to the fact that this phrase, formulated in other words, but with the same meaning, can be found in other authors.
In the 14th century, the English-speaking poet Geoffrey Chaucer, in one of his ballads, expressed the idea, which, translated into Russian, sounds like this: "There is no new custom that would not be old." The Russian writer K. M. Fofanov, who lived and worked in the 19th century, wrote: "Ah, the wisdom of life is economical: everything new in it is sewn from junk." Be that as it may, it does not matter who is the author of this expression, the main thing is that its meaning is relevant not only today. In different eras, this idea worried people. Therefore, the conclusion suggests itself that indeed everything is eternal in this world.
What's new is a well-forgotten old one?
Examples of "new is well forgotten old" can be found everywhere. This is especially evident in various styles of clothing. Rummage in the closet of your mother or grandmother, you will definitely find in it the same blouse or dress as yours. You can safely put on a little thing, and no one will think that these clothes are already 50 years old!
Fashion comes and goes, styles come and go. Denim jackets, the peak of fashion in the 80s, are still relevant today. Each year, the style of a certain past period is in trend. Today's spinners are the former top, which was popular in Soviet times. Another wolf took a selfie in the cartoon "Just you wait." Even the well-known Soviet shopping bag today has become a "shopper", notnothing has changed in it except the material and the price. Even our emoticons, with which we express our emotions in the virtual sphere, are far from a modern phenomenon, this is how our ancestors communicated, speaking in signs.
