The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
<01> Чем старше я становлюсь, тем с большим недоверием отношусь к известному положению о том, что мудрость приходит с годами. Mencken (Менкен).

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