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What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
All life is an experiment.
All life is an experiment.
My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through read more
My experiences have taught me a lot and I'm happy with my learnings, if not with what I went through to learn.
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know read more
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but read more
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is