A leopard can't change its spots

Meaning: People can't fundamentally change their nature.

Origin: Biblical proverb from Jeremiah 13:23.

Translations

• French: Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop (literally: Chase away nature, it comes back galloping)
• Spanish: Genio y figura hasta la sepultura (literally: Character and form until the grave)
• Japanese: 三つ子の魂百まで (Mitsugo no tamashii hyaku made) (literally: The soul of a three-year-old lasts until a hundred)

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