“The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.”

— Alphonse Karr

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. The more it changes, the more it stays the same. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plus-%C3%A7a-change The more things change, the more they stay the same. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the_more_things_change,_the_more_they_stay_the_same The more that things change, the more they stay the same. It changes superficially; but, underneath, its essence is always the same. Les Guêpes, January 1849, vi Also quoted by Rush in &#8220;Circumstances,&#8221; Hemispheres (October 29, 1978).

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