Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.
Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.