the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature

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• Bulgarian: вълкът козината си мени, но нрава - не (vǎlkǎt kozinata si meni, no nrava - ne) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 江山易改,本性难移 (jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Finnish: seepra ei pääse raidoistaan — one cannot change one's own nature
• French: chassez le naturel, il revient au galop — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: კუზიანს სამარე გაასწორებს და ზოგჯერ ისიც ვერაო (ḳuzians samare gaasc̣orebs da zogǯer isic verao) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: კუზიანს მხოლოდ სამარე გაასწორებსო (ḳuzians mxolod samare gaasc̣orebso) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: კუზიანს სამარე გაასწორებსო (ḳuzians samare gaasc̣orebso) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: ვირი მტვერში გორაობას არ მოიშლისო (viri mṭverši goraobas ar moišliso) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: ვირს ბევრი სცემეს, მაგრამ თავისი არ მოიშალაო (virs bevri scemes, magram tavisi ar moišalao) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Georgian: დათვს ანბანს ასწავლიდნენ და ის ბატკნისკენ იყურებოდაო (datvs anbans asc̣avlidnen da is baṭḳnisḳen iq̇urebodao) — one cannot change one's own nature
• German: der Wolf ändert wohl sein Haar, aber er bleibt, wie er war — one cannot change one's own nature
• Greek: ο λύκος κι αν εγέρασε κι άσπρισε το μαλλί του, μήτε τη γνώμη άλλαξε, μήτε την κεφαλή του (o lýkos ki an egérase ki ásprise to mallí tou, míte ti gnómi állaxe, míte tin kefalí tou) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Italian: il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio — one cannot change one's own nature
• Latin: lupus pilum mutat, non mentem — one cannot change one's own nature
• Polish: natura ciągnie wilka do lasu — one cannot change one's own nature
• Romanian: lupul își schimbă părul, dar năravul ba — one cannot change one's own nature
• Russian: волк каждый год линяет, да обычая не меняет (volk každyj god linjajet, da obyčaja ne menjajet) — one cannot change one's own nature
• Spanish: el lobo muere lobo — one cannot change one's own nature
• Yiddish: אַ חזיר בלײַבט אַ חזיר (a khazer blaybt a khazer) — one cannot change one's own nature