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Benjamin Franklin2 quotes
Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other. — Benjamin Franklin · 1743To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish. — Benjamin Franklin · 1742Douglas Adams2 quotes
You live and learn. At any rate, you live. — Douglas Adams · 1992A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001William Blake2 quotes
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — William Blake · 1793If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. — William Blake · 1793Aeschylus1 quote
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCAlexander Pope1 quote
A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. — Alexander Pope · 1727Edmund Burke1 quote
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. — Edmund Burke · 1796Iris Gaines1 quote
You know, I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with and the life we live with after that. — Iris Gaines · 1984James Joyce1 quote
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. — James Joyce · 1922Mike Ehrmantraut1 quote
Moral of the story is: I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again. — Mike Ehrmantraut · 2010Oscar Wilde1 quote
Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name we gave to our mistakes. — Oscar Wilde · 1890St. Jerome1 quote
Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice. — St. Jerome · 394T.H. Huxley1 quote
There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. — T.H. Huxley · 1870Thomas Carlyle1 quote
Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy. — Thomas Carlyle · 1828