“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others’ experience.”
— Robert Greene, book The 48 Laws of Power
Source: The 48 Laws of Power
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