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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.]
But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
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Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee,
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
Full well the busy whisper, circling round,
Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd.
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to read more
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.