plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, “the more it changes, the more it’s the same thing”. An epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of his journal Les Guêpes (“The Wasps”). Possibly first said by Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838). The plus ... plus construction is hyperbolic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proverb
[edit]plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Descendants
[edit]- English: plus ça change