"The wise man learns from the error of others, the fool not even from his own."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Not a Stoic. Latin Proverb is classed as Greco-Roman & Adjacent: Classical figures who shaped or argued with Stoicism — Socrates, Aristotle, Heraclitus, Cicero and others. Related, but not Stoic.
More from the Greco-Roman & Adjacent collection
- "Before healing someone, ask them if they are willing to give up the things that make them sick."
- "You only become wise by learning from your own mistakes."
- "Criticism is something we can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
- "Adversity has the effect of extracting talents that, in prosperity, would have remained dormant."
- "Life is short, but art is long."