If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!

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.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable read more

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

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.

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

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.

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.