Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter.
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GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to please because nobody tries to please him.
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Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
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MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.
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