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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it.
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a read more
Experience has taught me, when I am shaving of a morning, to keep watch over my thoughts, because, if a line of poetry strays into my memory, my skin bristles so that the razor ceases to act.rn
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
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.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
Experience is the teacher of fools.
[Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
