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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But read more
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.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.
Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or read more
We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, read more
The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the
mode of that spontaneity. God enters by a private door into
every individual.
