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| Russian | English |
| из хама не сделаешь пана | can the leopard change his spots? dogs bark as they are bred (used as a contemptuous remark to mean: education or no education, a boor will remain a boor) |
| из хама не сделаешь пана | a black sheep can't be washed white (VLZ_58) |
| из хама не сделаешь пана | you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear |
| из хама не сделаешь пана | one has to be born a gentleman |