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.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.

Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

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.

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 is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards

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.