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“He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Maxim 825.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 4c730f0de6f0f10ac7cd05536505199b7044d53947f8b2c573192f708d672044
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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