"The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat."

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"The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat."

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"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Experience, Enthusiasm, Connection, Repentance

"Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Experience, Feeling, Obligation, Pleasure

"I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Experience, Travel, Fool

"You can teach a person all you know, but only experience will convince him that what you say is true."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Experience, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Happiness

"The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Experience, Men

"There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Experience, Training, Action, Learning

"The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Experience, Word

"Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer than you harsh one?"

Lawrence G. Lovasik, American Clergyman

Experience, Past

"I've admired a lot of people in my life time and some of them were actually alive."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

Experience, Admiration, Life, Respect

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"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

"Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure."

"I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!"

"You can teach a person all you know, but only experience will convince him that what you say is true."

"The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing."

"We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience."

"There is more experience on the field of justification than on the camp of training. Sometimes, you got to take actions to learn more."

"The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings."

"Have you noticed in your past experience that your kind interpretations were almost always truer than you harsh one?"

"I've admired a lot of people in my life time and some of them were actually alive."

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"If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."

"Fools, most linguists. Damn all to say in one language, so they learn another and say damn all in that."

"Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie."

"History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose."

"The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat."