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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had...more

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But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

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For the recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses.

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

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It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

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Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.

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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

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In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer.

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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

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Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

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Die Welt ist von Narren geschaffen, damit Weise in ihr Leben.

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If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.

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That is one of the great secrets of life Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only t...more

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Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.