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birds_of_a_feather_flock_together

birds of a feather flock together

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Proverb

birds of a feather flock together

  1. People of similar character, background, or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another.

Synonyms

  • like attracts like
  • like likes like

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References

  1. http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.2.i.html
  • Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 31.