The Quote Investigator looks into the origins of this following piece of proverbial wisdom.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
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The Quote Investigator looks into the origins of this following piece of proverbial wisdom.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
LINK (via: The Quote Investigator)
“Teach a man to spend an initial eye-watering amount on high-end gear and to continue doing so for trips to destinations that We, the Grasshopper (and Dropper) Masters of the Shaloin Temple regularly tell him about, and you’ve got him for life.”
Ancient Chinese Proverb (Who else? The Chinese are always good for a highly unlikely quote.)
Not to be confused with the much-later, though disputed, Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s / The Jesuits’ one:
“Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man. ”
Better still, never reach for others’ Unreliable Internet quotes; make them up yourself – it confuses people and it’s fun!