"Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Experience Tags: nature, perfect, studies More From Francis Bacon "They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea." "Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite." "The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall." More In Experience "Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt."― Jack Nicklaus "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."― Eleanor Roosevelt "The soul is everlasting, and its learning experience is lifetime after lifetime."― Shirley MacLaine