“It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.”
The Bull from the Sea (1962)
“…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.”
Source: The Man with the Twisted Lip
Last update May 22, 2020.
History
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all." by Arthur Conan Doyle?
Arthur Conan Doyle 166
Scottish physician and author 1859–1930Related quotes
Sri Aurobindo
(1872–1950) Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru and poet
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Jnana
Pythagoras
(-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
The Sayings of the Wise (1555), p. 128
“Wisdom never learned silence, and it is most annoying when least wanted.”
Source: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld (1974), Chapter 10, p. 272.
“It is better to learn from the mistakes of others than that others should learn from you.”
Te de aliis, quam alios de te suaviu’st.
Persa, Act IV, scene 3, line 70
Variant translation: ’Tis sweeter far wisdom to gain from other’s woes, than others should learn from ours. (translation by Bonnell Thornton)
Persa (The Persian)
“Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.”
Charles de Lint
(1951) author
“The Forest is Crying”, p. 62
The Ivory and the Horn (1996)
“It is better to know how to learn than to know.”
Dr. Seuss
(1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Lois McMaster Bujold
(1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
Source: World of the Five Gods series, Paladin of Souls (2003), p. 296