A crow, envious of a swan's beautiful white plumage, thought it came from the water where the swan bathed. So he left the altars where he scavenged for food and moved to live among pools and streams. Despite bathing his feathers many times a day, they grew no whiter. In the end, he died of hunger.
You may change your habits, but not your nature.
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