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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If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower. – Samuel Smiles

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Fairies
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Hope… is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. – Samuel Smiles

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Hope
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I was an only child. Ive known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. – Jane Smiley

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In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Experience

Men do weird things when they experience fear. Its like a fight-or-flight thing. – Rashida Jones

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Experience is what you have after youve forgotten her name. – Milton Berle

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Ive always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something. – Carl Hiaasen

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You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney

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Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns. – Daniel Morgan

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Womens Lib? Oh, Im afraid it doesnt interest me one bit. Ive been so liberated it hurts. – Lucille Ball

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