My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it. (Giacomo Casanova)

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

Giacomo Casanova

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