Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting. 826
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. 621
Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t. 858
You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it. 622
The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson. 728
The experience I gained at age 21 would be useful if I were ever 21 again. But I’m 71 and new at it and keep making age 71 mistakes. 617
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. 1.57K
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. 1.86K
