birds of a feather flock together

Etymology
The expression appears to have surfaced in the 16th century, allegedly a literal translation of Plato's Republic. In 1545, William Turner wrote a version of the expression in the Rescuing of Romish Fox: "Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together." One can, however, also compare the expression to Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 27:9: "Birds resort unto their like."

Proverb

 * 1)  People of similar character, background or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; it is easier to establish friendships with people that one has a lot in common with.

Translations

 * Arabic: اَلطُّيُورُ عَلَىٰ أَشْكَالِهَا تَقَعُ
 * Moroccan Arabic: مع من شفتك، شبهتك
 * Bengali: ঝাঁকের কই ঝাঁকেই মেশে
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 物以類聚
 * Hakka: 人同人好，鬼同鬼好
 * Hokkien: 龍交龍，鳳交鳳，隱痀的交侗戇
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: vrána k vráně sedá
 * Dutch: soort zoekt soort
 * Esperanto: birdoj samplumaj flugas kunaj
 * Finnish: samanlaiset lapset leikkivät parhaiten
 * French:
 * German: ; zeig mir deine Freunde und ich sage dir, wer du bist
 * Greek: όμοιος ομοίω αεί πελάζει, τα όμοια έλκονται
 * Hebrew: כל עוף למינו ישכון ובני אדם לדומה לו,
 * Hindi: एक थाली के चट्टे बट्टे
 * Hungarian: zsák a foltját megtalálja, madarat tolláról, embert barátjáról
 * Icelandic: líkur sækir líkan heim, sækjast sér um líkir
 * Irish: is bách iad lucht aon cheirde
 * Italian: chi si assomiglia si piglia, dio li fa e poi li accoppia
 * Japanese:, 牛は牛連れ、馬は馬連れ
 * Korean:, 끼리끼리
 * Latin: pares cum paribus facillimē congregantur
 * Latvian: tāds ar tādu saderas
 * Macedonian: се стркалало грнчето си го нашло поклопчето
 * Malay:
 * Jawi: اڠݢڠ برسام اڠݢڠ, ڤيڤيت برسام ڤيڤيت, سامکه اءير هوجن دڠن اءير ڤريݢي؟, انته برسام انته, برس برسام برس, اورڠ سبنتوق باݢاي چينچين, ستيتيق باݢاي امس
 * Rumi: enggang bersama enggang, pipit bersama pipit, samakah air hujan dengan air perigi?, antah bersama antah, beras bersama beras, orang sebentuk bagai cincin, setitik bagai emas
 * Maltese: ma' min rajtek xebbaħtek
 * Norwegian: like barn leker best
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cine se aseamănă se adună, spune-mi cu cine te însoțești ca să îți spun cine ești
 * Russian:, рыба́к рыбака́ ви́дит издалека́, дура́к дурака́ ви́дит издалека́
 * Sanskrit: भावो भावं निगच्छति
 * Scottish Gaelic: an dubh-isean ag iarraidh an dubh-gheòidh, is toigh le bò mhaol bò mhaol eile
 * Serbo-Croatian: svaka ptica svome jatu leti
 * Sicilian: nun ti pigghiu si nun t'assumigghiu
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: vrana vrani ne izkljuje oči, enake sorte ptiči skup letijo
 * Spanish: dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres, cada oveja con su pareja,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ఒకగూటి పక్షులు ఒకేచోటికి చేరుతాయి
 * Turkish: it ulur, birbirini bulur
 * Uyghur: مال تۈرى بىلەن
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: adar o'r unlliw hedant i'r unlle