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.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

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.

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.

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.

In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. read more

It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.

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.