Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.
“Even if the monkey dresses in silk, it remains a monkey.”
Fine appearances cannot change a person's true underlying nature.
— Traditional Colombia Wisdom, Colombia
Source: Traditional Colombian/Spanish proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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