Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

The only source of knowledge is experience

The only source of knowledge is experience

Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.

Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or read more

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.