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Quotation from The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I) by Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane
“The lives of former generations are a lesson to posterity; that a man may review the remarkable events which have happened to others, and be admonished”
The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Introduction, trans. Edward William Lane
The opening after the praise of God, presenting the whole collection as instruction drawn from the histories of earlier ages.
Citation: "The lives of former generations are a lesson to posterity; that a man may review the remarkable events which have happened to others, and be admonished" — Anonymous; translated by Edward William Lane, The Thousand and One Nights (Lane's translation, Volume I), Introduction, trans. Edward William Lane. (id lane-thousand-and-one-nights-q1)
Virtues: Prudence
Portrait: Edward William Lane, Richard J. Lane, Public domain.
