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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.]
In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.
In her experience all her friends relied,
Heaven was her help and nature was her guide.
To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a read more
To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.
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.
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
As experience widens, one begins to see how much upon a level all human things are.Ê.
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.