Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
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Some lessons arrive with a receipt attached. Wisdom grows cheaper when it can learn before loss becomes necessary.
Franklin is not mocking experience, but naming its cost. A disciplined person pays attention early enough to spare at least some unnecessary tuition.
Its endurance comes from honesty. Hard lessons teach well, but they are not always the only available teachers.
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