A poor old man had only one horse that he needed.
One day the gate broke down and the horse walked away.
The neighbors came and said "If only you had heeded;
We told you to fix the gate. Why did he have to stray?
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A lot of wisdom in this poem. The man is truly wise, and most of us are not.
Thanks for your comment. I like to define wisdom as knowledge + experience.