A stumble may prevent a fall.
English (on experience)
After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser.
Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
All experience is education for the soul.
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An old ox makes a straight furrow.
Spanish (on experience)
By crawling, a child learns to stand.
Hausa (West African) (on experience)
Experience is the best teacher.
Latin Proverb
Experience is the mother of wisdom.
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Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.
James Anthony Froude (1818-1894)
If you are not a fish, how can you tell if the fish are happy?
Chinese (on experience)
If youth knew, if age could.
Henri Estienne (1531-1598)
If you’ve never run aground, you’ve never been anywhere!
unknown sailor – thanks to John M.
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
It pays to be prepared.
Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
It takes a heap of licks to hit a nail in the dark.
African American (on common sense)
Learn from other peoples mistakes.
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Learn from your mistakes.
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Learning is best when put into practice.
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Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917)
Only the sufferers know how their bellies ache.
Burmese (on experience)
The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller but one.
George Herbert (1593-1633)
The early bird catches the worm.
William Camden (1551-1623)
The grand instructor, time.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.
Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The person with burnt fingers asks for tongs.
Samoan (on experience)
The years teach much which the days never know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Well begun is half done.
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
You cannot put an old head on young shoulders.
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