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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience read more
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense effort applied toward a meaningful end.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
