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    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.

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Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

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Sin bravely...We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience read more

Sin bravely...We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future.

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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.

by Judith Stern Found in: Experience Quotes,
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

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It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise

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Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

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Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.

by Josh Billings Found in: Experience Quotes,
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There's no substitute for experience

There's no substitute for experience

by Proverb Found in: Experience Quotes,
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

by Mark Twain Found in: Experience Quotes,
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