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“You cannot keep a squirrel on the ground ...”
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“The Arabian horse will not plough well, nor can the plough-horse be rode to play the jereed.”
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“With him for a sire and her for a dam, / What should I be but just what I am?”
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“A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.”
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“... cats will be clean in a pigsty while pigs will be dirty in a marble hall.”
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“People and dogs and cows are born to be what they are. They may cover it up for a long time, but it will come out sooner or later.”
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“Nature forms us in a certain manner, both inwardly and outwardly, and it is in vain to attempt to alter it.”
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“Wood may remain twenty years in the water, but it is still not a fish.”
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“The hostess as usual acted like a fool, but what can you expect of a pig, but a grunt!”
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“You can't get tender shoots from a rotten bamboo stalk.”