George Bernard Shaw: Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience , but to their capacity for experience. If we could learn from mere

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience , but to their capacity for — George Bernard Shaw

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience , but to their capacity for experience. If we could learn from mere experience, the stones of London would be wiser than its wisest men.

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