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All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
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In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale.
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of read more
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
All life is an experiment.
All life is an experiment.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.
The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.