“He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.”
Feliciter is sapit, qui alieno periculo sapit.
Mercator, Act IV, scene 7, line 40
Mercator (The Merchant)
“He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.”
Feliciter is sapit, qui alieno periculo sapit.
Mercator, Act IV, scene 7, line 40
Mercator (The Merchant)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker
from the group manifesto of Die Brücke, written by Kirchner in Dresden, 1906; as quoted in 'The Artists' Association 'Brücke' – Chronology' http://www.bruecke-museum.de/chronology.htm, Brücke Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2016; from Wikipedia: Kirchner <br class="br">1905 - 1915
“It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.”
Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890) Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890)
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
"Mount Shasta" in Picturesque California (1888-1890) page 165; reprinted in Steep Trails (1918), chapter 5
1880s
Mohammad Al Gergawi (1963) Minister of Cabinet Affairs of the United Arab Emirates and the Chairman of the Executive Office in Dubai.
Statement during the third Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Future Councils as quoted in Mohammed bin Rashid attends opening session of the Annual Meeting of WEF’s Global Future Councils http://Mohammed%20bin%20Rashid%20attends%20opening%20session%20of%20the%20Annual%20Meeting%20of%20WEF’s%20Global%20Future%20Councils in Wam (11th November, 2018). <br class="br">2018 <br class="br">Source: http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302719712
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter
Source: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, and Other Stories
“Third, we must invest in our youth and in our future.”
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
2009, Speech: The Socio-Economic Peace Program of Senator Francis Escudero
Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena
“Similes, Parables and Fables” Parerga and Paralipomena, vol. 2, § 394
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851)