Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Breed

Although you take a reptile and place it on a cushion it will seek a heap of dried leaves.Tamil.

An ox remains an ox, even if driven to Vienna.Hungarian.

Bad bird—bad egg.German.

Bad egg—bad chick.Dutch.

Bad the crow and bad the egg.Greek.

Beware of breeds; i.e., an ill breed.

Birth is much, but breeding is more.

Do not rear a bird of a bad breed.Portuguese.

Hatched in the same nest.

He that is born of a hen must scrape for a living.

No magpie hatches a pigeon.German.

No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to the forest.Russian.

That that comes of a cat will catch mice.

Vipers breed vipers.

We may not expect a good whelp from an ill dog.

What is born of a cat will catch mice.Italian.

What is born of a hen will scrape.Italian.

What is born of the serpent never loses its poison.German.

Young cats will mouse, young apes will louse.Danish.