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Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
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.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
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.
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.
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou read more
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
All life is an experiment.
All life is an experiment.
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.
