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Guidance you pay for before you're smart enough to need it.

means Instruction or guardianship provided by someone more experienced, especially as a form of guided training or protection.

from From Latin tutela, meaning 'guardianship' or 'watching over,' itself from tueri, 'to look at, watch, or protect.' The same root gives us 'tutor' and 'tuition' — all cousins united by the idea of a protective gaze, someone keeping watch over your development, for better or worse.

origin
Latin tutela, meaning protection or guardianship
legal sense
once meant literal custody of minors
usage tell
always sounds grander than just teaching
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