sadder but wiser

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sadder but wiser

Cliché unhappy but knowledgeable [about someone or something--after an unpleasant event]. After the accident, I was sadder but wiser, and would never make the same mistake again. We left the meeting sadder but wiser, knowing that we could not ever come to an agreement with Becky's aunt.

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Seventeen years later, sadder but wiser, having spent the intervening years descending into political purgatory, rising from the dead, scaling the heights, and plunging again into disgrace as the only American president ever to resign from office, Nixon sat down to a fateful series of televised one-on-one encounters. WE WILL HAVE NIXON TO KICK AROUND SOME MORE by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) But the sheriff called Robert Sinclair "a very credible and reliable witness" saying: "He gave me the impression that when he finally ended his on-off relationship of 10 years with the accused, he was a sadder but wiser man. GUILTY ALL OVER AGAIN; Second stalking conviction ends epic court case by Ferguson, Iain / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			rush out of rush through rush to rush to conclusions rush to the hospital rust rust away rust belt rust out rustle up rut saber sabre-rattling sack sack out sack up sackcloth and ashes sacked out sacred sacred cow sacrifice sacrifice for sacrifice on the altar of sacrifice to sad sadder but wiser saddle saddle an animal up saddle up saddle with saddled with safe safe and sound safeguard against safety safety in numbers sag sag away sag down sag under sage advice said sail sail against sail along sail around sail close to the wind sail for some place sail from some place to some place else sail in sail into			Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti Saddam Hussein Al Majid Al Tikriti Saddam Hussein Al Majid Al Tikriti Saddam Hussein al-Tikrit Saddam Hussein al-Tikrit Saddam Hussein Takriti Saddam Hussein Takriti Saddam Hussien Saddam Hussien Saddam Tiqriti Saddam Tiqriti Saddam's Martyrs SADDAN sadden sadden saddened saddened saddening saddening saddens saddens sadder sadder sadder sadder sadder sadder but wiser saddest saddest saddest saddest saddest saddhu saddhu SADDIE saddle saddle saddle saddle saddle saddle saddle an animal up saddle area saddle area saddle area saddle area saddle area saddle b's saddle b's saddle b's saddle back saddle back saddle back saddle back curve Saddle Bag Scrotum Saddle bar Saddle bar

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