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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the
lamp of experience.
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.
Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.
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.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
A sadder and a wiser man, He rose the morrow morn.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.
