Old habits die hard. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- 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.
- Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre.
- 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 the same language
English
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Custom has the force of law.
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Habit is a second nature.
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Custom is a second nature.
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Custom makes all things easy.
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Habits are at first cobwebs, at last cables.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Consuetudo quasi altera natura.
Habit as second nature.
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Consuetudo altera natura est.
The habit is second nature.
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Consuetudo altera natura.
Habit is second nature.
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Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis.
The most important thing is the control of the custom.
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Consuetudo quasi altera natura est.
The habit is like second nature.
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Usus est tyrannus.
Use is a tyrant.
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Quidquid homo suescit, leviter dimittere nescit.
Whatever a man feels, he does not know how to let go lightly.
French
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L'habitude est une seconde nature.
Habit is second nature.
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Coutume est une autre nature.
Custom is another matter.
German
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Der Mensch ist ein Gewohnheitstier.
Man is a creature of habit.
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Disteln sind dem Esel lieber als Rosen.
Thistles are dearer to the donkey than roses.
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Gewohnheit ist die andere Natur.
Habit is the other nature.
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Gewohnheit ist König über den Verstand.
Habit is king over reason.
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Sitte ist stärker als Recht.
Custom is stronger than law.
Czech
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Zvyk je železná košile.
Habit is an iron shirt.
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Zvyk má železnou košili.
Habit has an iron shirt.
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Zvyk jest druhé přirození.
Habit is the second nature.
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Obyčej jest druhé přirození.
The ordinary is the second nature.
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Žába nepůjde od močidla.
The frog won't come out of the swamp.
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Žába močidlu přivykla.
The frog is used to the swamp.