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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
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; read more
Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst,
Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,
All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst
On soul and body,--but we cannot die,
Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--
Lo, all things can be borne!
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it read more
Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's
bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's
stairs.
[It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale
Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle
Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]
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 by itself is not science.
Experience by itself is not science.
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than read more
By experience we find out a shorter way by a long wandering.
Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.
