plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Etymology
lit. 'the more it changes, the more it’s the same thing'. An epigram by in the January 1849 issue of his journal Les Guêpes (“The Wasps”). Possibly first said by Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838). The construction is hyperbolic.

Proverb

 * 1) the more things change, the more they stay the same