Ambrose Bierce Quote

Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.


The Devil's Dictionary (1911)


Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.