Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“It is never too late to be wise;”
- Source
- Robinson Crusoe
- Date
- 1719
Meaning of “It is never too late to be wise;”
Crusoe reflects that judgment can improve even after years of mistakes, using later experience to reinterpret earlier choices and warnings he once ignored.
Where does it come from?
Robinson Crusoe, represented by Project Gutenberg #38705. Crusoe says this while reflecting on what he interprets as secret intimations of Providence; the sentence is fictional first-person religious reflection, not evidence for supernatural guidance.