The cask savours of the first fill. 
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?
- A kite will never be a good hawk.
- Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre.
- 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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Once a knave, and ever a knave.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Quo semel est imbuta recens, servabit odorem testa diu.
Once it is soaked fresh, it will keep the smell of the shell for a long time.
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Difficulter reciduntur vitia, quae nobiscum creverunt.
The vices which have grown up with us are difficult to undo.
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Quod nova testa capit, inveterata sapit.
What the new shell takes, the old tastes.
French
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Ce qu'on apprend au berceau dure jusqu'au tombeau.
What you learn in the cradle lasts until the grave.
Czech
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Co kolébka vyhoupala, to motyka zakopala.
What the cradle has dug up, the hoe has buried.