plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
French quotation from Jean-Baptiste Alphonse KarrDefinition of plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
: the more that changes, the more it's the same thing : the more things change, the more they stay the same
—often shortened to plus ça change
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