Zenobius 2.49

You teach an eagle to fly

English

of those who undertake to teach others things which the would-be pupils know better than the would-be teachers.

Ἀετὸν ἵπτασθαι διδάσκεις

ἐπὶ τῶν ἐγχειρούντων διδάσκειν τινὰς ἃ ἐπίστανται μᾶλλον τῶν θελόντων διδάσκειν.

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