"Les sages sont instruits par la raison les esprits moyens par l'expérience les stupides par la nécessité et les brutes par l'instinct"
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Simplified Meaning:
Different types of people learn and act in different ways: smart people understand through thinking, most people through what they go through, foolish people when they have no choice, and animals by their natural behavior.
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