The full saying goes “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (click on link for pronunciation audio).
It’s a phrase attributed to French critic, journalist and novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, often translated into the English as “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. The phrase is one that I have some fondness for. Don’t ask me why. I just do. Anyhow, personal feelings aside, it’s my way of introducing the main topic of this post, which is that of change.
