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experience is the best teacher

experience is the best teacher proverb: lessons learned from experience are the most lasting.

Proverb

experience is the best teacher

  1. Lessons learned from experience are the most lasting.

Origin of experience is the best teacher

Calque of Latin ūsus magister est optimus, from Prō Rabīriō Postumō by Cicerō about Gāius Rabīrius Postumus.

Questions about experience is the best teacher

What does experience is the best teacher mean?
Experience is the best teacher means lessons learned from experience are the most lasting.
What part of speech is experience is the best teacher?
Experience is the best teacher is a proverb.

Words near experience is the best teacher in the dictionary

  1. experienc't
  2. experiencable
  3. experience
  4. experience effect
  5. experience effects
  6. experience is the best teacher
  7. experience meeting
  8. experience meetings
  9. experience point
  10. experience points
  11. experience table

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