Ничто не ново под луной

There is nothing in the world that did not happen before; the nature of things does not change. See История повторяется (И)

Cf: All the future exists in the past (Br.). History repeats itself (Am., Br.). The more it changes, the more it remains the same (Am.). Nothing is said now that has not been said before (Am.). That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been (Br.). /There is/ nothing new under the sun (Am., Br.). What used to be will be again (Am.)