Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]

Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]

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

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

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

A burnt child dreads the fire.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to read more

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.rn

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up read more

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think.