Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.

Experience join'd with common sense,
To mortals is a providence.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.

Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.

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.]

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]

Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another.
[Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.