“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”
Book II, 1103a.33: Cited in: Oxford Dictionary of Scientific Quotations (2005), 21:9
Nicomachean Ethics
Source: The Nicomachean Ethics
“753. By doing nothing we learne to do ill.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.”
“We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.”
“What shall we do
after we learn what we'll do:
that is the question.”
Poems, Shadow of Time (2005)
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.”
Source: The Life Of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 4
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.”
