Arabic: العِرْقُ دَسَّاسٌ(al-ʕirqu dassāsun, literally “the vein/root is a secret crawler”)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 江山易改，本性難移 / 江山易改，本性难移(zh)(jiāngshān yì gǎi, běnxìng nán yí, literally “it is easy to change rivers and mountains, but difficult to alter a person's nature”)
Sanskrit: स्वभावो दुरतिक्रमः(svabhāvo duratikramaḥ, literally “one's inherent nature is impossible to overcome”), यादृशी माता पुत्रोऽपि तादृश एव जातः(yādṛśī mātā putroʼpi tādṛśa eva jātaḥ, literally “as is the mother, so exactly is the son born to be”)
