Can anyone help me get a meaning of this quotation?

Question

The quotation is " The more things change, the more they remain the same".

I have to write an essay on this topic by providing some examples that clarifies the quotation. I donot know the meaning of this quote.

Can anyone help me understand the meaning of this quotation by giving some easy examples.

I donot have much time

Answer 1

As things change, we might expect underlying human behavior or motivation to change too - but - put a new president in power, change the government, the mayor, even the political system itself, and still "things", meaning how people behave and feel, remain essentially the same.

It's like pulling a rubber sheet out of square.  You can hold it there for a while if you like, but let go and it will return to its original shape.  The more times and the more ways you try that, pulling and stretching it into varous shapes, the more you realize it really is a square sheet and probably always will be.

The trick to dealing with this quote is first to realize what "things" it refers to - and those are human behavior and motivation - then realize that what "changes" all the time is various formalities of human law, government, custom, and behavior.  No matter how much we twist and try new things, basic human character will come out in the end.

Answer 2

It can mean a lot of things but here's an example

i break up with a girl cause she cheats, i get a new girlfriend break up cause she cheats, get a new girlfriend break up cause she cheats

theres definately a pattern, im probably doing something to make them cheat...my life is constantly changing around me new girls, maybe new places to live, new jobs, but the basic premis of my life remains the same

this isnt really my life, its an example

hopefully it helps

the basic idea is, even though things little things change, the general things tend to stay the same

technology moves lightning fast all around us, but people still fight and kill each other when you think we should be past it by now

things like that

Answer 3

Could it have anything to do with the 'constents' in our lives? The fact that things are continually changing around us - but our life as a whole, or the way we choose to live it remains the same.... Not really sure either - you've been given a tough one.  They're my thoughts anyway - probably not much help :-)

Answer 4

More along the lines of

No matter how great the technology gets, people still do the same things with it.

I keep a journal but instead of a collection of paper scraps, written on with a stubby grease pencil... its a digital blog i type up from my home computer ^_^

The more things around us change... the more they stay the same!