He that's Aground Knows Where the Shoal is

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“Experience teaches far more than tongue can tell, / Where the shoe pinches, or where troubles dwell: / When on the shoal the loaded boat is lying, / This man, he knows it well - the oar he’s plying; / He can true warning give to others round, / He knows full well the boat is on the ground."—Barber, 1857

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Barber, John W. The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs (New York, NY: George F. Tuttle, 1857)

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