"If you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn."
— Education

January 1, 1970

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Anne Isabella Ritchie, in Mrs. Dymond (1885). This seems to be the origin of "Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime." which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on July 2, 1965.