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Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes
Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
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.
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.
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
When you have really exhausted an experience you always reverence and love it.
To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a read more
To regret one's own experiences is to arrest one's own development. To deny one's own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one's life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.
You can't step twice into the same river.
You can't step twice into the same river.
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn
The distance is great from the firm belief to the realization from concrete experience.rn