
ProverbHuman Nature
English origin
Every man is either a fool or a physician after thirty years of age.
Meaning: Experience either teaches you wisdom or your ignorance becomes permanent folly by middle age.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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