"One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning." ― James Russell Lowell Topic(s): Experience More From James Russell Lowell "Children are God’s Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace." "Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts." "Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor." More In Experience "No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience."― John Locke "I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men… in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor."― Martin Van Buren "It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically."― Aneurin Bevan