Editors of the Reader's Digest. Quotable Quotes, page 144. Penguin, 1997
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A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
— Editors on Herb Caen
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew." in the context of "Editors of the Reader's Digest. Quotable Quotes, page 144. Penguin, 1997" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Herb Caen" (Attributed)
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