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It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.
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.
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.
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.
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.
Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.
