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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know read more
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.
Even on the highest throne in the world, we are still sitting on our ass.
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.]
