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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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