The Leopard Cannot Change His Spots
The leopard cannot change his spots: In short, they're his forget-me-nots.
Samuel Hoffenstein
The leopard cannot change his spots: In short, they're his forget-me-nots.
The old saying “a leopard cannot change his spots” usually means that some things about a person’s nature are fixed. Hoffenstein turns that idea into a small joke by calling the spots “forget-me-nots.” Those little blue flowers are associated with remembrance, so the leopard’s markings become his…
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