quote · Words worth keeping
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- George Washington
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- c. 1765 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1732–1799); not necessarily a composition date.