氏うじより育そだち

expression

nurture over nature; breeding matters more than birth

Proverb emphasizing that upbringing and education are more important than family lineage or social status.

• 氏うじより育そだちというように、どんな家いえに生うまれても、育そだて方かた次し第だいで人ひとは変かわる。

  As the saying goes, 'nurture over nature'—no matter what family you're born into, people change depending on how they are raised.