Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards

" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can read more

" Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive."--- Copyright © 2000 Stacey Charter

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.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or read more

We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary
as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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.