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A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
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.
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.
The only source of knowledge is experience
The only source of knowledge is experience
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
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
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.
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
