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Henrik Ibsen

The spectacles of experience through them you will see clearly a second time.

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Henrik Ibsen means that experience acts like a pair of glasses, allowing you to understand things more clearly when you encounter them again. It suggests that what you learn from past events helps you perceive similar situations with greater insight in the future.

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