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Vuk dlaku menja, ali ćud nikada
a leopard can’t change its spots (literally ‘a wolf changes its coat’)
горбатого могила исправит (буквально «волк меняет шерсть, но не нрав»)
With stress
Vȗk dlȁku mȇnjā, àli ćȗd nȉkada
In Cyrillic
Вук длаку мења, али ћуд никада
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