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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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Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.

Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.

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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

by Roger Ascham Found in: Experience Quotes,
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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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" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can read more

" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."--- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter

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A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are read more

A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a
pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The
fragments of an intellect are always good.

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In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.

by George Crabbe Found in: Experience Quotes,
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You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. read more

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

by Eleanor Roosevelt Found in: Experience Quotes,
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Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

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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.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Experience Quotes,
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