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Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.
Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men read more
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.
Education is when you read the find print; experience is what you
get when you don't.
Education is when you read the find print; experience is what you
get when you don't.
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.]
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!
