Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed. — Edward Young · Skopia

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Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.

1726

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Acquiring wisdom

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Young, Edward. Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. c. 1726, satire 2, I. 282.

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