Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy.

Thomas Carlyle

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Topic

Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Goethe's Helena

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Goethe's Helena." Foreign Review, 1828.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Goethe's Helena." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 26, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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It is not what a man outwardly has or wants that constitutes the happiness or misery of him. Nakedness, hunger, distress of all kinds, death itself have been cheerfully suffered, when the heart was right. It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men.

Thomas Carlyle

Chartism

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Topic
Injustice Adversity

Author

Thomas Carlyle
Source
Chartism
Language
English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. Chartism. London: James Frases, 1840, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism." Thomas Carlyle: Selected Writings. Penguin Classics, 2015.

Another quote from the 1820s

The American continents... Are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.

James Monroe

1823 State of the Union

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Topic
America and Europe Western hemisphere Monroe doctrine American politics

Author

James Monroe
Source
1823 State of the Union Presidential State of the Union addresses
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1823 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Monroe, James. Message to Congress about The Monroe Doctrine. Seventh annual message to Congress. 2 Dec. 1823, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Mistakes

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless

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Topic
Learning from mistakes Mistakes

Author

Douglas Adams
Source
Mostly Harmless
Medium
Novel
Genre
Science fiction
Statement Type
Joke
Language
English
Time
1992 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Adams, Douglas. Mostly Harmless. William Heinemann/Harmony Books, 1992, ch. 11.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it is tempting to treat everything as if it were a nail.

Abraham Maslow

The Psychology of Science

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Topic
Solving problems

Author

Abraham Maslow
Source
The Psychology of Science
Genre
Scientific literature Psychological literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Warning
Language
English
Time
1966 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Maslow, Abraham. The Psychology of Science: A Reconnaissance. Harper & Row, 1966, foreword.