There's no substitute for experience

There's no substitute for experience

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

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.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part read more

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]