Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know.

Donald Trump

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Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

Jimmy Buffett

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With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

Oprah Winfrey

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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.

Leonardo da Vinci

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There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

Kenny Rogers

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