An experience teaches ably the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.
-Andre Gide "Andre Gide"
An experience teaches ably the good observer; but far from seeking a lesson in it, everyone looks for an argument in experience, and everyone interprets the conclusion in his own way.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
-Henry Ford
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
-Ambrose Bierce
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce