Lessons learned in the home, last the longest.
A lesson learned at the muzzle has the virtue of never being forgotten.
The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain.
State propaganda, when supported by the educated classes and when no deviation is permitted from it, can have a big effect. It was a lesson learned by Hitler and many others, and it has been pursued to this day.
It's always about focusing not on the mistakes but on the lessons learned from them.
People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living weren't already complicated enough.
Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.
The cars that our children and grandchildren will be driving in the future will be greener as a result of high-tech lessons learned.
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave
But he’s never been interested in me, and the last time I made a move on him, Caillen almost tore my arm out of its socket. Lesson learned. Syn off-limits. (Kasen)