"experience is the best teacher" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: A calque translation of Latin usus magister est optimus Cicero, Oration for Rabirius. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|usus magister est optimus|}} Latin usus magister est optimus Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} experience is the best teacher
  1. Lessons learned from experience are the most lasting. Related terms: school of hard knocks, w:Ut est rerum omnium magister usus, Experience is the mother of wisdom Translations (lessons learned from experience are the most lasting): käytäntö on paras opettaja (Finnish), Siperia opettaa (Finnish), young bud nuh know storm (Jamaican Creole), la experiencia es la madre de la ciencia (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-experience_is_the_best_teacher-en-proverb-E~QiXXx~ Categories (other): English proverbs

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