Quote by Ambrose Bierce
Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesir

Experience – the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. – Ambrose Bierce

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Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. – Ambrose Bierce

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Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. – Ambrose Bierce

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Eating
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age. – Ambrose Bierce

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Age
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Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I very rarely came across rude or disrespectful people. I dont know how I slipped by all of them, but I honestly cant think of one experience off the top of my head that was like that. Im sure theyre there, but Id have to think really hard to recall them. – Scott Baio

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Women artists need to break barriers in order for womens experience to be valuable. – Liz Phair

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If youre out there stressing on your pro day, then youre not going to perform well, so I plan on having a little fun. Play a little music while were out there throwing the football, have everybody tapping their toes and bobbing their head and just go out there and make the most of the experience. – Robert Griffin III

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Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them. – Marcus Aurelius

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What do I want to be when I grow up? Happy. I want to be happy. And useful, loved, loving, healthy, wise, free, strong. – Terri Guillemets

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It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. – Henry Ford

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