Nelaimė protingą pamoko, o kvailą palaužia.
“Misfortune teaches the wise and breaks the foolish.”
The same hardship can make a thoughtful person stronger while it defeats one who fails to learn from it.
— Traditional Lithuania Wisdom, Lithuania
Source: Traditional Lithuania proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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