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In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
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.
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.
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will read more
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.