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  People are attracted to others who are like themselves.
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  birds of a feather (flock together)

  Individuals of like character, taste, or background (tend to stay together), as in The members of the club had no trouble selecting their yearly outing—they're all birds of a feather. The idea of like seeks like dates from ancient Greek times, and “Birds dwell with their kind” was quoted in the apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. The full saying in English, Birds of a feather flock together, was first recorded in 1545.

Birds of a feather flock together

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1. People are attracted to others who are like themselves.

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birds of a feather (flock together) Idioms  

1. Individuals of like character, taste, or background (tend to stay together), as in The members of the club had no trouble selecting their yearly outing—they're all birds of a feather. The idea of like seeks like dates from ancient Greek times, and “Birds dwell with their kind” was quoted in the apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. The full saying in English, Birds of a feather flock together, was first recorded in 1545.

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‘Winged Migration’ Birds of a feather flock together, and you’ll be right there with them in this Oscar-nominated 2001 nature documentary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

We have the saying, "Birds of a feather flock together."

From The Colored Girl Beautiful by Hackley, E. Azalia

Birds of a feather flock together on the theatre hats.

From The Silly Syclopedia by Lott, Noah [pseud.]

"Birds of a feather flock together," said Mrs Rantaway—late Miss Gushing—when she heard of the visit.

From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony

Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, Billy, Billy, come and play, Birds of a feather flock together, Black within and red without; Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea, Bow-wow-wow!

From The Real Mother Goose by Wright, Blanche Fisher

It was Plato who warned "birds of a feather flock together".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021

"My momma always said birds of a feather flock together," Ross said.

From Fox News ● Apr. 2, 2019

There is concern that the jury may implicitly conclude that birds of a feather flock together, so a case against one trader means they are all corrupt — or worse.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2017

“We know that birds of a feather flock together, so it’s a good thing to make vaccinating parents more visible.”

From Time ● Apr. 15, 2013

Some of these were naturally and inevitably developed in primitive days by the simple fact that "birds of a feather flock together."

From The War and Unity Being Lectures Delivered At The Local Lectures Summer Meeting Of The University Of Cambridge, 1918 by Cranage, D. H. S. (David Herbert Somerset)