“He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.”
Feliciter is sapit, qui alieno periculo sapit.
Mercator, Act IV, scene 7, line 40
Mercator (The Merchant)
“No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XII : The Greening Of America, p. 383 ( See also: Vilfredo Pareto)
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