proverb · Words worth keeping
Age brings experience; experience is knowledge that brings wisdom.
Age brings experience; experience is knowledge that brings wisdom.
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Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Age leading through experience and knowledge to wisdom forms a hopeful chain of development. The saying values learning from accumulated life.
What the words are saying
Each step is presented as a sequence rather than a guaranteed effect. A useful interpretation asks how experience is reflected on and what understanding follows. Age alone does not establish insight, younger people can be wise, and older people continue to learn.
Everyday example
A reader values relevant experience while still examining the reasoning behind a particular judgment.
When to use it
Use it to discuss development with reflection and individual evidence included.
What it does not mean
No automatic wisdom or age-based hierarchy of understanding is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
United States
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- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 178; PDF page 21; collection label: United States
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- Culture
- United States