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He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.
He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of
virtuous living.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind.
And, while they captivate, inform the mind.
Seek to delight, that they may mend mankind.
And, while they captivate, inform the mind.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Example isn't another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]
Instruction enlarges the natural powers of the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina sed vim promovet insitam.]
My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became read more
My mother would say it is literally ghost writers
who come to me
(Tan is the author of what became The Joy Luck Club).
The sounding jargon of the schools.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
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'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
When both the teacher and the taught are young,
As was the case, at least, where I have been;
They smile so when one's right; and when one's wrong
They smile still more.