“From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
More from Plutarch on Wisdom
“It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.”
“Neither blame or praise yourself.”
“From their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright.”
“To make no mistake is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“It is a hard matter my fellow citizens to argue with the belly since it has no ears.”
“Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.”
“It is a difficult task Oh citizens to make speeches to the belly which has no ears.”
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.”
Others on Wisdom
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Aesop
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Confucius
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Ben Franklin
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Napoleon
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Cicero
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George Washington
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Rudyard Kipling
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Khalil Gibran
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George R.R. Martin
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