Careful Words

permanent (n.)

permanent (adj.)

  'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

George Washington (1732-1799): His Farewell Address.

A violet in the youth of primy nature,

Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,

The perfume and suppliance of a minute.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 3.