“We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live.”

—  Terry Pratchett , book Snuff

Source: Snuff

Last update Sept. 29, 2023. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live." by Terry Pratchett?
Terry Pratchett photo
Terry Pratchett 796
English author 1948–2015

Related quotes

Will Cuppy photo

“Ah, well! We live and learn, or, anyway, we live.”

Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer

The Hermit's Emergency Shelf
How to Be a Hermit (1929)

Edward Teller photo

“We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding.”

Edward Teller (1908–2003) Hungarian-American nuclear physicist

"Science and Morality" in Science (1998), Vol. 280, p. 1200

“We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.”

John Pomfret (1667–1702) English poet

Reason: A Poem, 1700.

Paulo Coelho photo
John Lancaster Spalding photo
Jaime Pressly photo

“I learned a long time ago that I can't live my life for everybody else. We learn and we grow from our mistakes, and we get older and more mature.”

Jaime Pressly (1977) American actress, model, producer

Jaime Pressly Opens Up About Her Divorce And Memoir

“We can only learn so much and live.”

Source: Hannibal

Doris Lessing photo

“What matters most is that we learn from living.”

Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

As quoted in Permission to Play : Taking Time to Renew Your Smile (2003) by Jill Murphy Long, p. 147

Eleanor Roosevelt photo

“I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1972) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 5

“We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.”

Sharon Salzberg (1952) American writer

Source: The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

Related topics