Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Quotations
Experience
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
-George Washington
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
Many people know so little what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves and find nothing! Therefore, they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves, either.
-Helen Keller "Helen Keller"
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced - even a proverb is no proverb to you till your life has illustrated it.
-John Keats
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"
Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.
-Paulo Coelho
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
-Kahlil Gibran "Kahlil Gibran"
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
