Brewer's: Nous Avons Change Tout Cela

A facetious reproof to a dogmatic prig who wants to lay down the law upon everything, and talks contemptuously of old customs, old authors, old artists, and old everything. The phrase is taken from Moliére's Médecin Malgré Lui, act ii. sc. vi. (1666.)

“Géronte. Il n'y a qu' seule chose qui m'a choqué; c'est l'endroit du foie et du caeur. Il me semble que vous les placez autrement qu'ils ne sont; que le caeur est du côte gauche, et le foie du côte droit”

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