Carolina QuotesExperience teaches only the teachable.
Aldous Huxley Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Tragedy and the Whole Truth"
- work
- Music at Night and Other Essays (1931)
- year
- 1931
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“Experience teaches only the teachable.” Aldous Huxley. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F16161CABA. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f16161caba
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