“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.”
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Ariel Sharon. "Speech at the Knesset, at knesset.gov, October 2004 ( Knesset.gov.il online) http://www.knesset.gov.il/docs/eng/sharonspeech04.htm
2000s

“Learning from experience is a faculty almost never practiced”

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Jame G. March "How Decisions Happen in Organizations"; Human-Computer Interaction, 1991, Volume 6 pp. 95-117

Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 18.

“While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?