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

Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless

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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

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

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

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Experience keeps a dear school, yet Fools will learn In no other.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Learning from mistakes Mistakes Life experience Learning Fools

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1743 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1743.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1743." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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An armed society is a polite society.

Robert A. Heinlein

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Gun rights Guns
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Mordan Claude

Author

Robert A. Heinlein
Source
Beyond This Horizon
Medium
Novel
Genre
Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Heinlein, Robert A [published as Anson MacDonald]. "Beyond This Horizon." Astounding Science Fiction, Apr. 1942 - May 1942.

Another quote of the following type Joke

If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

Jack Handey

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Trees

Author

Jack Handey
Statement Type
Joke
Language
English
Time
1991 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Saturday Night Live, created by Lorne Michaels, season 17, episode 3, NBC, 12 Oct. 1991.