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Depending on your mindset, the phrase 'the more things change the more they stay the same' can be good news or bad. The pessimist might take it to ...
Depending on your mindset, the phrase 'the more things change the more they stay the same' can be good news or bad. The pessimist might take it to mean that no matter what we do, things will never change so why bother? The optimist, on the other hand, might take comfort in the thought that even in times of great upheaval, there is some deep stability that will keep us grounded. If things change but we stay the same, is that good or bad? The phrase was apparently coined by the French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr in 1849: 'plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.