Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Old habits die hard.
- Nature will have its course.
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight.
- As a man lives, so shall he die, as a tree falls, so shall it lie.
- A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
- An ape is ne'er so like an ape, as when he wears a doctor's cape.
- The ass loaded with gold Still eats thistles.
- What good can it do an ass to be called a lion?
- The cask savours of the first fill.
- A kite will never be a good hawk.
- Send a fool to France, and a fool he'll come back.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Sus magis in caeno gaudet quam fonte sereno.
A pig is happier in the mud than in a clear spring.
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Ex aurea sede in paludem rana resilit.
A frog jumps from the golden seat into the swamp.
French
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Qui a bu boira.
He who drank will drink.
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Qui a joué jouera.
He who has played will play.
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Truie aime mieux bran que roses.
Sow likes bran better than roses.
German
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Setz' einen Frosch auf goldenen Stuhl, er hüpft doch wieder in den Pfuhl.
Put a frog on a golden chair and it will jump back into the pool.
Czech
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Bláto líbí se svini.
Mud pleases the swine.
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Žába vždy najde močidlo.
The frog always finds the swamp.