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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name we gave to our mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1890We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. — Mark Twain · 1897
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We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. — Mark Twain · 1897
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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name we gave to our mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1890