plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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Contents 1 French 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proverb 1.2.1 See also

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

An epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in the January 1849 issue of his journal Les Guêpes (“The Wasps”). Literally “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.”

[edit] Proverb

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

1. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[edit] See also

• same old same old