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A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received
I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.
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.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
