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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.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
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To show the world what long experience gains,
Requires not courage, though it calls for pains;
But at life's outset to inform mankind
Is a bold effort of a valiant mind.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men read more
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes
Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
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.]
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.
