Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age.
The old idea that you grow wiser as you get older, and you learn from your elders, is actually completely wrong.
Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.
It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
In all this process of acquiring conceptions, a certain instinctive order is followed. There is a native tendency to assimilate certain kinds of conception at one age, and other kinds of conception at a later age.
We learn differently as children than as adults. For grown-ups, learning a new skill is painful, attention-demanding, and slow. Children learn unconsciously and effortlessly.
At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.
It is hard to teach an old dog tricks.
