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1 it is never too late to learn
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2 never too old to learn
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3 it is never too late to mend
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4 live and learn
syn: it is never too late to learnвік живи – вік учись ≅ не учися розуму до старості, але до смерті it is never too late to learn it is never too late to mend -
5 _навчання; вченість
colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints curiosity killed the cat don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs doubt grows up with knowledge education makes the man every good scholar is not a good schoolmaster example is better than precept example teaches more than precept a handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning he that knows nothing, doubts nothing he knows most who speaks least he who is ignorant of foreign languages knows not his own he who never learns anything never forgets anything increase your knowledge and you increase your griefs in spite of colleges and schools, the world remains a ship of fools it is never too late to learn it is a task to learn, but it is much harder to unlearn a learned man is twice born knowledge and wisdom are far from being one knowledge is knowing that we cannot know knowledge is power learn from the mistakes of others a learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one a learned man can be appreciated only by another learned man learning is better than house and land learning is the eye of the mind learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse a little learning is a dangerous thing live and learn men learn while they teach money spent on the brain is never spent in vain mother wit is better than book education nature passes nurture no man is born wise or learned old foxes want no tutors soon learnt soon forgotten there is no royal road to learning they that think they know everything, know nothing too much knowledge makes the head bald wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket what is learned in the cradle lasts to the grave wit once bought is worth twice taught years know more than books we can learn only from our betters you can lead a boy to college, but you can't make him thinkEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _навчання; вченість
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it is never too late to learn — A later variation of the next two proverbs (it is never too late to mend, never too old to learn). 1678 R. L’ESTRANGE Seneca’s Morals II. xx. It is never too late to learn what it is always necessary to know. 1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 266… … Proverbs new dictionary
it is never too late to learn — there is always something new to learn, one is never too old to learn something new … English contemporary dictionary
never too old to learn — See also the two preceding proverbs (it is never too late to learn, it is never too late to mend). Cf. SENECA Epistle LXXVI. iii. tamdiu discen dum est, quamdiu nescias: si proverbio credimus, quamdiu vivas, we must go on learning as long as we… … Proverbs new dictionary
Never Too Late for Love — Infobox Book | name = Never Too Late for Love image caption = Cover to Stonehouse edition of Never Too Late for Love author = Warren Adler country = USA language = English genre = Fiction/Short Stories publisher = Homestead release date =… … Wikipedia
it is never too late to mend — See also the two adjacent proverbs (it is never too late to learn, never too old to learn). 1590 R. GREENE (title) Never too late. 1594 LODGE & GREENE Looking Glass for London I3v Amends may neuer come too late. c 1645 J. HOWELL Familiar Letters… … Proverbs new dictionary
never — see never is a long time never say never it is never too late to learn it is never too late to mend never too old to learn better late than never never send a boy to do a man’s … Proverbs new dictionary
late — adjective see the early man never borrows from the late man it is never too late to learn it is never too late to mend it is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted adverb see better late than never … Proverbs new dictionary
learn — see live and learn it is never too late to learn never too old to learn we must learn to walk before we can run don’t go near the water until you learn how to swim … Proverbs new dictionary
learn — [ lɜrn ] (past tense and past participle learned [ lɜrnt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to gain knowledge or experience of something, for example by being taught: a bright girl who is already learning the alphabet research into how… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
too — I [[t]tu͟ː[/t]] ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING ♦ 1) ADV: cl/group ADV You use too after mentioning another person, thing, or aspect that a previous statement applies to or includes. Nice to talk to you. Nice to talk to you too. ... I ve got a… … English dictionary
learn */*/*/ — UK [lɜː(r)n] / US [lɜrn] verb Word forms learn : present tense I/you/we/they learn he/she/it learns present participle learning past tense learnt UK [lɜː(r)nt] / US [lɜrnt] or learned past participle learnt or learned Get it right: learn: Use… … English dictionary