Skip to main content

Makaku bistí na seda, makaku e ta keda.

Dress a monkey in silk, and it remains a monkey.

A person's true nature cannot be changed by fine clothing or outward appearance.

Traditional Papiamento Wisdom, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Source: Traditional Papiamento proverb, Sambumbu (Pater Paul Brenneker folklore collection) and the Palabricks.nl Antillean animal-proverb collection, public-domain oral tradition

More Proverbs from Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

Report Issue