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Experience unveils too late the snares laid for youth it is the white frost which discovers the spider's web when the flies are no longer there to be caught.

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

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Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Born: 1792
Born: April 6
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Longer
Spider
White
Frost
Experience
Spiders
Flies
Laid
Caught
Unveils
Youth
Snares
Late
Discovers

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