That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. |
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. |
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm. |
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. |
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach. |
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge. |
Experience teaches only the teachable. |
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. |
The vast majority of human beings are not interested in reason or satisfied with what it teaches. |
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. |