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of childhood only are fitted for instruction, and that therefore a special regard
should be had to them for that purpose. "Bend the neck of thy child whilst he
is yet young, so that he become not stiff-necked," saith the Lord. Many sayings of
our time, either in word or spirit, and frequently in both, correspond with that divine
admonition. In allusion hereto, Scaliger in his day, cited in his Collection of Proverbs
as coincident in meaning the French adage :
VIEIL arbre mal aise a redresser.
Alte Baume sind bose zu biegen.
Alte Hunden boss bandig zu machen.
Old dogs are hard to train.
ETH moet vroeg krommen dat een goede reep worden sal.
To make a good rope it must be bent early.
MEN mag sijn oude schoenen verwerpen ; maer niet sijn oude seden.
A man can throw away his old shoes, but not his old habits.
GEWOHNTE maeckt eelt.
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(I) Custom makes things hard. Q
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Dat hangt hem al sijn leven an.
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NUTRITURA passa natura.
DELLA matina si cognosce il buon giornb.
L 'HAVER cura de putti
Non e mestiere de tutti.
TAGYRI adeth gaiet mischkhiuldur. Turkish Proverb.
Id est,
It is difficult to change customs.
Tepoi'Ta 8' 6p6ovv, (f>\avpov} os vt Trecrot.
Id est,
ARISTOPH. apud Suidam.
Erigere durum est, qui cadit juvenis, senem.
Annosam arborem transplantare. Eodem sensu adagium refertur ab Erasmo.
Castigar vieja, y espulgar pellon, dos rivancos, son.
'Tis Education forms the common mind ;
Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd.
TRAIN up a child in the way he should go : and when he is old, he will not
from it. -Prov. xxii. 6.
AU SUAIRE SE RESPOND.
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