We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stovelid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again – and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stovelid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again – and that is well but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

– Mark Twain –

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