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Aeschylus1 quote
Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. — Aeschylus · 458 BCDouglas Adams1 quote
A learning experience is one of those things that says, "You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.” — Douglas Adams · 2001Edmund Burke1 quote
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. — Edmund Burke · 1796Hesiod1 quote
The fool learns by suffering. — Hesiod · 700 BCJohn Pomfret1 quote
We live and learn, but not the wiser grow. — John Pomfret · 1700William Hazlitt1 quote
Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn, and laughter. — William Hazlitt · 1821