The divorce left him a sadder but a wiser man.

离婚让他吃一堑，长一智。

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The story about me is even sadder than the common stories you have heard, but now I'm much wiser, and I'm going to sing the song to you so that you will not repeat the mistake I made.

我的故事比你听过的更悲惨，但我现在聪明多了。所以，我要唱这首歌给你们听。你们将来就不会和我犯同样的错。

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A sadder man but wiser now, I sing these words to you.

现在的我，更加悲伤但睿智，把柠檬树的故事唱给你，我的亲爱。

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When it comes to keeping long-term financial consequences in mind, sadder but wiser is just not true.

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The basic picture a pathetic scuffle for crumbs inspired sadder-but-wiser grins in the jazz world.

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