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Experience, that chill touchstone whose sad proof reduces all things from their hue
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other
A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape
The only source of knowledge is experience
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience
Would they could sell us experience, though at diamond prices, but then no one would use the article second-hand
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying
Experience, as a desire for experience, does not come off. We must not study ourselves while having an experience
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