Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Trick

An old dog learns no tricks. When persons are old they do not readily conform to new ways. The Latin proverb is “Senex psittacus negligit ferúlam;” the Greeks said, “Nekron iatreuein kai geronta nouthetein tauton esti;” the Germans say, “Ein alter hund ist nicht gut kundigen.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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