“Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.”
As quoted in The Modern Handbook of Humor (1967) by Ralph Louis Woods, p. 493
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German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic 1797–1856Related quotes
“High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.”
Introduction to Our Time Is Now: Notes From the High School Underground, John Birmingham, ed. (1970)
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“In war you learn your lessons, and they stay learned, but the tuition fees are high.”
Storm of Steel (1920)
“My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.”
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 12 (p. 132)
Quotes from interviews, Insider Audio interview (1997)
Context: I don't appreciate poetry--I don't mind admitting that now, I don't understand poetry. We studied it in high school and college, but they never told us why it was good. I got A's on all the exams--"Hail to thee blithe spirit, bird thou never wert"-- what the hell does that mean? I have no idea.
“Democracy is the high school of compromise.”
Source: "Evolutionary Socialism" (1899) https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/bernstein/works/1899/evsoc/index.htm, Chapter III, The Tasks and Possibilities of Social Democracy
