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The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom. – Samuel Smiles

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Im as happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me! – Samuel Smiles

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Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry. – Samuel Smiles

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Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. – James Taylor

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If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldnt see my young son and I couldnt see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience. – Imran Khan

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Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the governments purposes are beneficent. – Louis D. Brandeis

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It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed. – Ram Dass

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It goes without saying that the Jewish people can have no other goal than Palestine and that, whatever the fate of the proposition may be, our attitude toward the land of our fathers is and shall remain unchangeable. – Theodor Herzl

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