"Never dismiss and old servant for his first fault": counsel proved wise by experience — Mythoi

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"Never dismiss and old servant for his first fault": counsel proved wise by experience.

The wise and the foolish. · Acquisition and possession of wisdom (knowledge). · Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from experience. · view the constellation · filed as J21.52.5

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Disciple who stays in a city where everything is sold at one price finds justice is not even there. (Cf. F769.1.) "Never be rude to a self-made man of low birth": counsel proved wise by experience "Hardened clay is hard to mold": counsel proved wise by experience "Never publish a man's sin if you can help it": counsel proved wise by experience "When a man attacks you, kill him whether he be king or prince": counsel proved wise by experience Boy who says "I know" gets into all sort of difficulties; now says "I don't know." "Nothing happens that does not work for one's good": counsel proved wise is experience "He who throws himself against a wave is overthrown by it": proved true

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