Quote by Samuel Smiles
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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The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. – 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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We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

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My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed. – Allen Ginsberg

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The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience. – Gloria Swanson

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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot. – Ian Mcewan

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When I was young, I was just about hard work. But as I got older, I did experience anxiety, doubt, judgment, and its so easy to lose yourself for a second. – Jennifer Lopez

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