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.
When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.
-Harvey McKay
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
-John Dewey
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
Experience is the extract of suffering.
-Arthur Helps
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
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.
Experience teaches only the teachable.
-Aldous Huxley
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde