You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.

What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature read more

What's a' your jargon o' your schools,
Your Latin names for horns and stools;
If honest nature made you fools.

The sounding jargon of the schools.

The sounding jargon of the schools.

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.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.

To be good is noble, but to teach others how to be good is nobler--and less trouble.

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running read more

We must not contradict, but instruct him that contradicts us; for
a madman is not cured by another running mad also.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue
and lytterature.
- John read more

Whilst that the childe is young, let him be instructed in vertue
and lytterature.
- John Lyly (Lylie or Lyllie),