Experience is a hard teacher

Experience is a hard teacher
Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
  

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Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.
A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.
Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.
Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.
Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.
An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.