Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.
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In the Pennsylvania Dutch cultural zone we have the similar "Too soon old, too late schmart (smart)."
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My grandmother bought a plaque on the boardwalk in Wildwood that said "Too soon old and too late smart."
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They don’t always correlate. Age is how you see yourself and wisdom is how others see you.
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