Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Quote by Elizabeth Hardwick

Topics: Experience Quotes

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

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

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

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of...

When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into...

When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into...

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

Experience is in the fingers and head. The heart is inexperienced.

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the...

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the...

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only...

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love...

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love...

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and...

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and...

Gifts have ribbons, not strings.

Gifts have ribbons, not strings.

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

What is meant by a knowledge of the world is simply, an acquaintance with the...

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker:...

The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker:...

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...