Quote#Happiness
Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms
Quote byJames Howell · 1594–1666
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lexicon Tetraglotton (1660).
English (original)
Happy is he that grows wise by other men's harms.
— James Howell
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