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No man grows wise but he have his share of winters.


Context

"Winters" is used in both a literal and metaphorical sense. The wise man must be old enough to have garnered the wisdom and he must have lived through some difficult times.


Citations

"The Wanderer", Anonymous Old English Poem, ~900

Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations

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