the more things change, the more they stay the same

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Calque of French plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 萬事變化越大,越不會變化, 万事变化越大 /万事变化越大,越不会变化 — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Chinese Mandarin: 万事变化越大 — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Chinese Mandarin: 万事变化越大,越不会变化 (wànshì biànhuà yuè dà, yuè bù huì biànhuà) — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Chinese Mandarin: 萬變不離其宗 /万变不离其宗 (wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng) — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Dutch: hoe meer alles verandert, hoe meer het hetzelfde blijft — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Esperanto: ĉio ŝanĝiĝas, sed restas neŝanĝita — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Finnish: mitä enemmän asiat muuttuvat, sitä enemmän ne pysyvät ennallaan — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• French: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• German: je mehr sich verändert, desto mehr bleibt sich gleich — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• German: je mehr sich alles ändert, desto mehr bleibt alles gleich — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Polish: im bardziej się wszystko zmienia, tym bardziej jest tak samo — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Portuguese: quanto mais as coisas mudam, mais elas ficam iguais — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life
• Spanish: cuanto mientras más cambian las cosas, más permanecen iguales — change is constant, unavoidable and a fact of life