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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou read more
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than read more
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!
Experience by itself is not science.
Experience by itself is not science.