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Life experience9 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828Training is useful, but there is no substitute for experience. — Rosa Klebb · 1963Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1892All 9 quotes →Mistakes3 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Learning from mistakes2 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828Acquiring wisdom1 quote
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921Aging1 quote
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall · 1988Caveats1 quote
All experience is great providing you live through it. — Alice Neel · 2002Consciousness1 quote
Our whole past experience is continually in our consciousness, though most of it sunk to a great depth of dimness. I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, yet into which we can clearly see but a little way. — Charles Sanders Peirce · 1966Fools1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Learning1 quote
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743Life1 quote
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall · 1988Personal growth1 quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907River1 quote
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers. — Langston Hughes · 1921Self-improvement1 quote
All experience is an arch, to build upon. — Henry Adams · 1907Subconscious1 quote
Our whole past experience is continually in our consciousness, though most of it sunk to a great depth of dimness. I think of consciousness as a bottomless lake, whose waters seem transparent, yet into which we can clearly see but a little way. — Charles Sanders Peirce · 1966Training1 quote
Training is useful, but there is no substitute for experience. — Rosa Klebb · 1963