experience is the best teacher

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Calque of Latin ūsus magister est optimus, from Prō Rabīriō Postumō by Cicerō about Gāius Rabīrius Postumus.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: təkrar biliyin anasıdır — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Bulgarian: парен каша духа (paren kaša duha) — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Bulgarian: не питай старило, а патило (ne pitaj starilo, a patilo) — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Bulgarian: не питай старило, питай патило (ne pitaj starilo, pitaj patilo) — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Finnish: käytäntö on paras opettaja — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Finnish: Siperia opettaa — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• German: Probieren geht über Studieren — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Hungarian: gyakorlat teszi a mestert — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Hungarian: ismétlés a tudás anyja — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Jamaican Creole: young bud nuh know storm — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Latin: ūsus magister est optimus — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting
• Spanish: la experiencia es la madre de la ciencia — lessons learned from experience are the most lasting