A leopard cannot change its spots

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A leopard cannot change its spots
Meaning
The notion that things cannot change their inate nature.
Origin
From the Bible. Jeremiah 13:23. Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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