Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

Experience is a comb that life gives you after you lose your hair.

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.

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

To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.

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.

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
[Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
[Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus valent praecepta quam
experimenta.]

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes read more

I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.