It is already clear, after twenty years of socialism in Russia, that if you do not provide your society with a new religion, it will gradually revert to the old one. Herbert Read
And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one. Michel de Montaigne
America, you have it better than our continent, the old one. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Draw water from the new well, but do not spit in the old one. Bulgarian Proverb
The young rooster crows as he hears the old one. Yoruba Proverb
You should make a new bucket whilst you still have the old one. Berber Proverb