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For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared read more
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be
desired are not to be compared with it.
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
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than read more
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
Experience is no more transferable in morals than in art.
What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs
What I conclude is that religion has nothing to do with experience or reason but with deep and irrational needs
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price
of wisdom is above rubies.
No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price
of wisdom is above rubies.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
