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The only source of knowledge is experience
The only source of knowledge is experience
The wisdom of our ancestors.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
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.]
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried?
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.
In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.
We must become the change we want to see.
We must become the change we want to see.
