“2462. Thou canst scarcely be truly wise till thou hast been deceived. Thy own Errors will teach thee more Prudence, than the grave Precepts, and even Examples of others.”

—  Thomas Fuller (writer)

Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)

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