Nature

nature

You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy.

You might change place or circumstances for a person, but you will not change the nature of this person.

relationship

A shy cat makes a proud mouse.

If someone is idle or timid or frighten, other people, and especially their enemies, will take advantage of them. It is said also for partners, when one has mild or cowardly nature and the other has taken undue advantages in their relationship.

exploitation

All lay load on the willing horse.

People tend to take advantage of persons who are helpfull and of good nature.

nature

An ape is an ape, a varlet is a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.

The true nature of a person or thing may be hidden by embellishment and outside appearance, but cannot be changed.

custom

Custom is a second nature.

One who performs or practices a certain action very often or for a long time gains an intuitive, instinctive ability.

habit

Habit is second nature.

Something we are doing repeatedly will become a habit and a second nature.

nature

God made the country and man made the town

Nature gave us the ground and humans built the towns.

nature

Still waters run deep.

A placid exterior might hide a passionate or subtle nature.

work

Such carpenters, such chips.

The nature of a person's occupation or interest is demonstrated by the results of his/her work and the traces left behind.

nature

You cannot wash charcoal white.

You cannot change the nature of things.

incompatibility

Oil and water do not mix

There are people or things that are by nature incapable of existing together.

change

The wolf changes his coat, not his nature.

How looks one might change but one's personality stays the same; People's character doesn't change.