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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men read more
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at read more
A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes
Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes