Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience Learning Fools

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1743 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack. 1743.

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