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There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
There are no failures - just experiences and your reactions to them.
You can't step twice into the same river.
You can't step twice into the same river.
 A sadder and a wiser man,
 He rose the morrow morn.  
 A sadder and a wiser man,
 He rose the morrow morn. 
 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 something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it.
Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
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.
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.