What does it mean?
Learning can continue throughout life, whatever your age.
Closest English saying: You’re never too old to learn.
What does it literally say?
Γηράσκω αεί διδασκόμενος
Yirásko aí didaskómenos
“I grow old always learning.”
An ancient Greek maxim traditionally linked with Solon; this use is not documented here with an original passage.
How is it used?
«Παρά την ηλικία του, παρακολουθεί νέα μαθήματα. Γηράσκω αεί διδασκόμενος.»
“Despite his age, he keeps taking new classes. I grow old always learning.”
Other ways Greeks say it
- Γηράσκω αεί πολλά διδασκόμενος.
Where does it come from?
Ancient Greek gnomic tradition. The historical attribution of the phrase has not yet been checked against a critical edition or primary source for this entry.
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