Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable…

Ambrose Bierce
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Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.
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INJUSTICE, n. A burden which of all those that we load upon others and carry ourselves is lightest in the hands and heaviest upon the back. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil … ▶
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.225, Un … ▶
PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.186, University o … ▶
OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.154, 谷月社
An election is nothing more than the advanced auction of stolen goods.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

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