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

Jonathan Swift
Ears, Purses, Turnips
Jonathan Swift (1856). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author”, p.349
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.