"Sus Minervam."
— Pigs
January 1, 1970
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Festus, ', ed. C. O. Müller (Lipsiæ, 1839), p. 310: Sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est.—"'A sow teaching Minerva' has passed into a proverb for any one who attempts to instruct another upon a subject of which he himself is ignorant." Reported in Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 2667
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Festus, ', ed. C. O. Müller (Lipsiæ, 1839), p. 310: Sus Minervam (sc. docet) in proverbio est, ubi quis id docet alterum, cujus ipse inscius est.—"'A sow teaching Minerva' has passed into a proverb for any one who attempts to instruct another upon a subject of which he himself is ignorant." Reported in Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 2667