All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side.

Quote by Anna Jameson

Topics: Experience Quotes, Learning Quotes, Questioning Quotes

Trust in my affection for you.

Trust in my affection for you.

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in...

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

A man may be as much a fool from the want of sensibility as the...

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The...

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords - philosophy, art, poetry, love,...

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to...

I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to...

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is high.

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

It's hard for corporations to understand that creativity is not just about succeeding. It's about...

Hence I pronounce this, that as old experience doth attain to something like prophetic strain,...

Hence I pronounce this, that as old experience doth attain to something like prophetic strain,...

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good...

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good...

Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement.

Good judgement comes from experience. Sometimes, experience comes from bad judgement.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was...

Learning is always rebellion... Every bit of new truth discovered is revolutionary to what was...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...