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One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
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.
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of read more
What man would be wise, let him drink of the river
That bears on his bosom the record of time;
A message to him every wave can deliver
To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.
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.
What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.
What one has not experienced, one will never understand in print.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.