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 stove lid. 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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This quote from Mark Twain is a visualization of the proverb “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 stove lid. 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.” It implies that we should take any lesson from an experience, whether it is from a good one or a bad one. We should then move onto something new which can not only benefit us but others as well.

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