There is nothing wrong with learning from hindsight.
More Akan Proverbs:
The knot tied by a wiseman cannot be undone by a fool.Akan
Death's ladder is there for everyone to climb.
Akan
Although the snake does not fly, it has caught the hornbill, whose home is in the sky.
Akan
The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way.
Akan
The clever bird is easily trapped in the leaves at the edges.
Akan
A child who is to be successful is not to be reared exclusively on a bed of down.
Akan