experience
n. What enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
n. Wisdom that enables us to recognize an undesirable old folly that we have already embraced and warmly remember.
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
Cynical Quotations
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.
— Douglas Adams
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
Experience is what allows us to repeat our mistakes, only with more finesse!
— Derwood Fincher
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.
— Sir Arnold Bax
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
— Oscar Wilde
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.
— Unknown
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.
— Vernon Law
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |
We spend the first half of our lives gathering experiences that we repeat endlessly in the second half.
— Guy Smith
![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() | | | ![]() |