After wits are dearely bought, / Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought.
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Afterwit
Synonyms for "afterwit" (3 found)
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1692, Roger L’Estrange (translator), Fables of Æsop, London: R. Sare et al., Fable 162, “A Nightingale and a Bat,” There’s No Recalling of what’s Gone and Past; so that After-Wit comes too Late when the Mischief is Done.
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Trust me, dear Yorick, this unwary pleasantry of thine will sooner or later bring thee into scrapes and difficulties, which no after-wit can extricate thee out of.
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There is always a danger of afterwit in estimating the early achievements of men who have achieved fame […].
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