…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. …

Arthur Conan Doyle
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…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p.146
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…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. ✨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892). Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p.146

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