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It is NEVER too late to learn
A later variation of the next two proverbs.
1678
Seneca's Morals
II
. xx.
It is never too late to learn what it is always necessary to know.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
266
Never too late to learn.
1856
Lady of Glenwith Grange in After Dark
II. 3
‘It is never too late to learn,’ cried he. ‘I will make a fisherman of you in no time, if you will only attend to my direction.’
1927
Lucia in London
ii.
We want to know what the cosmopolitan mind is thinking about. Of course we're old, but it is never too late to learn.
1976
Memorial Service
vii.
You might not be too bad at it. Why not have a try, eh? Never too late to learn.
lateness
;
learning
1678Seneca's Morals
II
. xx.
It is never too late to learn what it is always necessary to know.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
266
Never too late to learn.
1856
Lady of Glenwith Grange in After Dark
II. 3
‘It is never too late to learn,’ cried he. ‘I will make a fisherman of you in no time, if you will only attend to my direction.’
1927
Lucia in London
ii.
We want to know what the cosmopolitan mind is thinking about. Of course we're old, but it is never too late to learn.
1976
Memorial Service
vii.
You might not be too bad at it. Why not have a try, eh? Never too late to learn.
lateness;
learning
It is NEVER too late to mend
See also the two adjacent proverbs.
1590
(
title
)
Never too late.
1594
&
Looking-Glass for London
I3
V
Amends may neuer come too late.
c
1645
Familiar Letters
9 Nov. (1903) III. 139
We have both of us our failings that way .. but it is never over late to mend.
1856
(
title
)
It is never too late to mend.
1934
Shabby Tiger
iv.
Adolf shrugged a shoulder which suggested that it's never too late to mend.
1961
It wasn't Me!
i.
How kind … Never too late to mend.
improvement
;
lateness
1590(
title
)
Never too late.
1594
&
Looking-Glass for London
I3
V
Amends may neuer come too late.
c
1645
Familiar Letters
9 Nov. (1903) III. 139
We have both of us our failings that way .. but it is never over late to mend.
1856
(
title
)
It is never too late to mend.
1934
Shabby Tiger
iv.
Adolf shrugged a shoulder which suggested that it's never too late to mend.
1961
It wasn't Me!
i.
How kind … Never too late to mend.
improvement;
lateness
NEVER too old to learn
See also the two preceding proverbs. Cf. SENECA
Epistle
LXXVI
. iii.
tamdiu discendum est
,
quamdiu nescias: si proverbio credimus
,
quamdiu vivas
, we must go on learning as long as we are ignorant; or, if we believe the proverb, as long as we live.
1530
Eclogues
(EETS)
II
. 538
Coridon thou art not to olde for to lere.
1555
Institution of Gentleman
B7
V
No man can be to olde to learne.
1670
English Proverbs
112
Never too old to learn.
1712
Law is Bottomles Pit
I
. vii.
A Lawyer I was born, and a Lawyer I will be; one is never too Old to learn.
1858
Dr. Thorne
I. x.
One should never be too old to learn—there's always something new worth picking up.
1981
Xanadu Talisman
ii.
I've made sure you were schooled in every possible subject .. but you're never too old to learn.
learning
;
old age
Epistle
LXXVI
. iii.
tamdiu discendum est
,
quamdiu nescias: si proverbio credimus
,
quamdiu vivas
, we must go on learning as long as we are ignorant; or, if we believe the proverb, as long as we live.
1530Eclogues
(EETS)
II
. 538
Coridon thou art not to olde for to lere.
1555
Institution of Gentleman
B7
V
No man can be to olde to learne.
1670
English Proverbs
112
Never too old to learn.
1712
Law is Bottomles Pit
I
. vii.
A Lawyer I was born, and a Lawyer I will be; one is never too Old to learn.
1858
Dr. Thorne
I. x.
One should never be too old to learn—there's always something new worth picking up.
1981
Xanadu Talisman
ii.
I've made sure you were schooled in every possible subject .. but you're never too old to learn.
learning;
old age
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