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Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Some minds are like concrete: thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
A man's errors are his portals of discovery.
A man's errors are his portals of discovery.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're read more
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.
