The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's — other nations' — experiences simply do not help. They can be imaginatively learned from. But people do not act on other people's experiences.


May Sarton: Selected Letters 1916-1954 (1997)

May Sarton Quotes

The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's — other nations' —...

The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's — other nations' —...

The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's — other nations' —...

The tragic thing about learning from experience is I fear that one can only learn from one's own experience. Other people's — other nations' —...