Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Samuel Smiles
The experience to be gathered from books…
The experience to be gathered from books, Though often valuable, is but of the nature of learning Whereas the experience gained from actual life, Is of the nature of wisdom And a small store of the latter Is worth vastly more than a stock of the former.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Samuel Smiles
We often discover what will do, by findi…
We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Samuel Smiles