“Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.”
Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) French writer, poet, and politician
Speech at Mâcon (1847)
“Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.”
West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Utilities Commission (No.2), 294 U.S. 79, 82, (1935)
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