a leopard cannot change its spots

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Jeremiah 13:23.[1]

Proverb

a leopard cannot change its spots

  1. One cannot change one's own nature.

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References

  1. The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], 1611, →OCLC, Jeremiah 13:23, column 1.:Can the Ethiopian change his ſkinne? or the leopard his ſpots?
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