“In youth we learn; in age we understand.”

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

In der Jugend lernt, im Alter versteht man.
p. 13 http://books.google.com/books?id=DOEPAAAAQAAJ&q=%22In+der+Jugend+lernt+im+Alter+versteht+man%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage
Aphorisms (1880/1893)

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In der Jugend lernt, im Alter versteht man.

Aphorismen. Aus: Schriften. Bd. 1, Berlin: Paetel. 1893. S. 13
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