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You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Prov. You cannot make someone more refined than he or she is by nature. I've given up trying to get my cousin to appreciate classical music. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

See also: cannot, ear, make, of, out, purse, silk

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ionas	-	Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
Emmanuelle	e-man-WEL	French
Eustache	-	French
Putri	-	Indonesian
Salomon	sa-lo-MAWN (French)	French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Eniola	-	Western African, Yoruba