experience is the teacher of fools
experience teacheth foolsexperience is the teacher of fools
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used to imply that some people may be unwilling or unable to learn from the advice of others and may only learn important lessons through personal experience and making mistakes
Proverb
Exempel
Rather than heeding cautionary tales from elders, the young woman insisted on learning life's harder lessons firsthand. Unfortunately, experience is the teacher of fools.
