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The more things change, the more they stay the same.

— Alphonse Karr

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

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A woman who writes commits two sins: she increases the number of books, and decreases the number of women.

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

A young girl's beauty should speak to the soul and to the imagination, and not to the senses like the beauty of women.

If one wants to abolish the death penalty in this case, Messrs. murderers should take the first step: they do not kill, we will not kill them.

Let us try to see things from their better side: You complain about seeing thorny rose bushes; Me, I rejoice and give thanks to the gods That thorns have roses.

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