Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
-Voltaire
Quotations
Experience
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
-George Washington
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
-George Bernard Shaw
Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
-Ambrose Bierce
You can disagree with another person's opinions. You can disagree with their doctrines. You can't disagree with their experience.
-Krista Tippett
"Speaking of Faith"
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
-Oscar Wilde
In brief, the function of knowledge is to make one experience freely available in other experiences.
-John Dewey
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.
-Terry Pratchett
The only source of knowledge is experience.
-Albert Einstein
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
-Oscar Wilde
