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It is better to learn from the mistakes of others than that others should learn from you.

Te de aliis, quam alios de te suavius est fieri doctos.

Original text (Dutch)

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’Tis sweeter far wisdom to gain from other’s woes, than others should learn from ours. (translation by Bonnell Thornton)

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