"Proverbium Latinum ad notandum similitudinem, 'est ejusdem farinæ,'
proprie locum habet in panibus."
Though the expression is generally, if not always, used disparagingly,
as the corresponding expressions "birds of a feather" and "of the same
kidney," yet I should doubt whether the term "farinæ" is itself
expressive of baseness, any more than "feather" or "kidney." By the way,
what is the origin of the latter of the above expressions?