Alphonse Karr
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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (November 24, 1808 – September 29, 1890) was a French critic, journalist and novelist.
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Quotes
[edit]- Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
- The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing.
- The more it changes, the more it stays the same.[1]
- The more things change, the more they stay the same.[2]
- The more that things change, the more they stay the same.
- Change? It's more of the same.
- It changes superficially; but, underneath, its essence is always the same.
- Les Guêpes, July 1848, vi
- Also quoted by Rush in “Circumstances,” Hemispheres (October 29, 1978).
- Si l'on veut abolir la peine de mort en ce cas, que MM. les assassins commencent: qu'ils ne tuent pas, on ne les tuera pas.[3]
- 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.
- Les Guêpes, January 1849, vi.
- 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.
- "Letters written from my garden", 1853
