Quotes About Experience

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.

Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources who wandered far and wide after he sacked the holy citadel of Troy, and he saw the cities and learned the thoughts of many men, and on the sea he suffered in his heart many woes.

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time

Even a fool learns something once it hits him.

All happiness lasts but a moment, and the time that follows is only good for remembering what we have lost. —Homero Aridjis, Persephone (Vintage, 1986)

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time.

Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on their sinister ship when you feel as if you were aboard a pleasure yacht.

Kar??l?k görmemi? duygular baz? ruhlarda kin haline gelir, bende ise öyle olmad?; yo?unla?t? bu duygular içimde, bir yer etti kendine, sonra da oradan hayat?ma f??k?rd?.

Si les Français ont autant de répugnance que les Anglais ont de propension pour les voyages, peut-être les Français et les Anglais ont-ils raison de part et d'autre. On trouve partout quelque chose de meilleur que l'Angleterre, tandis qu'il est excessivement difficile de retrouver loin de la France les charmes de la France.

Çocuklu?umu, delikanl?l???m? anlatt?m ona; size anlatt???m gibi uzaktan hüküm vererek de?il, yaralar? hala kanayan genç adam?n ate?li sözleriyle... ... Bir ara sessiz geçti. Bu sessizlikte ruhlar?m?z ?u avutucu dü?ünce içinde birbiriyle evlendiler: Demek ki ac? çeken bir ben de?ilmi?im!

Strong in the experience of her twenty years, she blamed fate, because, not knowing that the mainspring of happiness is in ourselves, she demanded it of the circumstances of life.

Men are like books, often understood and appreciated too late.

A lot of people fear death because they think that so overwhelming an experience has to be painful, but I've seen quite a few deaths, and, with one exception, I've never known anyone to undergo anything like agony. That's amazing when you think about it. I mean, how complicated the mechanism is that's being taken apart.

If we were not provided with the knack for being wrong, we could never get anything useful done. We think our way along by choosing between right and wrong alternatives, and the wrong choices have to be made as frequently as the right ones.

I had now tasted freedom, and I couldn't lie to myself about that.

He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance.

I learn more with every job, and I'm very thankful for where I am.

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20.