Brewer's: Old Dogs will not Learn New Tricks

In Latin, “Senex psittacus negligit ferulam” (An old parrot does not mind the stick). When persons are old they do not readily fall into new ways.

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