Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

Only so much do I know, as I have lived.

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.

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.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a read more

To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a read more

Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.rn