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English origin
English originLife is full of hazards, which experience neither bought nor taught will always enable us to foresee.
Meaning: Unforeseen dangers inevitably confront us despite accumulated wisdom and formal education.
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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