Experience Quotes
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
"Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes."— Oscar Wilde
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Meaning of this quote
People can rename their errors as experience and thereby make them seem more respectable. The epigram questions whether the new label necessarily means that real learning has occurred.
Key takeaway:
Make experience useful by examining the mistakes behind it.
Origin of the quote
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter IV, in the narrative discussion of experience.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe novel uses past-tense wording at the opening; the post modernizes it. The underlying attribution is traceable, but the title is an adapted excerpt.
