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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
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!
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
All life is an experiment.
All life is an experiment.
The only source of knowledge is experience
The only source of knowledge is experience
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
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.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know read more
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
