A popular proverb is:
 
“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.”
 
A joke variation is:
 
“Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day. Push a man out of a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.”
 
The joke was posted on Twitter by tater tot bros on June 6, 2016.
 
       
Twitter
Anti-Karaoke
@antikaraoke
Give a man a plane ticket, he’ll fly for a day. TEACH a man to fly, he’ll fly every Monday. http://fb.me/15cnyMd4z
7:27 AM · Oct 3, 2011·Facebook
 
Twitter
tater tot bros
@thetits
Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day.
Push a man out of a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.
1:52 PM - 6 Jun 2016
   
Twitter
THOT OBELISK
@Meat_spoon
Give a man a plane ticket, and he’ll fly for a day.
Give Superman a plane ticket, and he’ll laugh at you and melt you with his eye lasers
8:53 AM · Jun 8, 2016·Twitter Web Client
 
Twitter
Vos Tweet Zich
@VosTweetZich
Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day
Push a man out of a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life
(which won’t b that long)
9:49 AM - 10 Jun 2016
 
Reddit—Jokes
Give a man a plane ticket…
submitted July 10, 2016 by [deleted]
Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day.
Push a man from a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.
       
Twitter
Post Ma-lonely
@Jimmy_changa_1
Give a man a plane ticket, he’ll fly for a day. Push a man out of a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.
8:02 AM · Jul 11, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Reddit—Jokes
Give a girl a plane ticket…
submitted September 11, 2016 by fixtheflaws
... and she’ll fly for a day.
Push a girl from a plane, and she’ll get to fly for the rest of her life.
   
Reddit—Jokes
Give a man a plane ticket…
submitted December 18, 2016 by lost1122
Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day. Push a man from a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life.
COMMENTS
[deleted]
Give a man a plane ticket with RyanAir and he’ll feel like he has and will be flying his whole life.
 
Reddit—Jokes
Give a man a plane ticket and he’ll fly for a day.
submitted March 13, 2018 by prash_rant
Push a man from a plane and he’ll fly for the rest of his life. 
 
Reddit—Darkjokes
Posted by u/DArXToRm24 August 18, 2018
Give a man a plane ticket he’ll fly for a day…
Push a man out of a plane, he fly for the rest of his life.
   
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/XBIGXMACKX August 15, 2019
Give a man a plane ticket, he’ll fly for a day.
Push a man out of a plane, he’ll fly for the rest of his life
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/BlakeBurna August 15, 2019
Give a man a plane ticket, he’ll fly for a day
Push a man out of a plane, he’ll fly for the rest of his life