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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
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.
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
[Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
[Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam
experimenta.]
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.
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.
