#3 - A leopard can’t change his spots
English
A leopard can’t change his spots
Spanish
La cabra siempre tira al monte
The goat always goes to the mountains
Russian
Попытки поправить лошадь после смерти.
Trying to fix a horse after death
Chinese
江山易改，本性难移。
Landscape can be changed, but one's nature is hard to move.
Arabic
الذئب يغير الشعر ولا الأخلاق
The wolf changes its hair but not its character
Swahili
Mtoto wa nyoka ni nyoka
A baby snake is always a baby snake
Hindi
बंगी बाप का, बंगी ही रहेगा।
A lame goat will always remain lame
Human nature doesn´t change
85% coincidence (6 of 7 languages)
Diverse animals
29% coincidence (2 of 7 languages)
Goat
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animals
stubborn
85% coincidence (6 of 7 languages)
Diverse animals
29% coincidence (2 of 7 languages)
Goat
Key Search Words
animals
stubborn
This is one of my favorite proverbs inn Spanish. The stubborn nature of a “cabra” – goat is Spanish is the perfect personification of many humans I know, including myself.