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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.
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise
It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
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 is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou read more
Experience, next, to thee I owe,
Best guide; not following thee, I had remain'd
In ignorance; thou open'st wisdom's way,
And giv'st access, though secret she retire.
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
Who heeds not experience, trust him not.
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.
Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.