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Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.