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| A bitten child dreads a dog. | 1 |
| A burnt cat shuns the fire-place. Tamil. | 2 |
| A burnt child dreads the fire. | 3 |
| A novice at the first attempt, an adept at the second. Chinese. | 4 |
| A scalded cat dreads cold water. French, Portuguese. | 5 |
| A scalded dog thinks cold water hot. Italian. | 6 |
| After mischance every one is wise. French. | 7 |
| All is but lip wisdom that wanteth experience. | 8 |
| By falling we learn to go safely. Dutch. | 9 |
| Could everything be done twice everything would be done better. German. | 10 |
| Even the fool knows from experience. Hesiod. | 11 |
| Experience breedeth art, lack of experience chance. Ben Jonson. | 12 |
| Experience is good if not bought too dear. | 13 |
| Experience is the best teacher. | 14 |
| Experience is the blind man’s dog. Punch. | 15 |
| Experience is the fool’s master, reason the wise man’s. German. | 16 |
| Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. | 17 |
| Experience is the great baffler of speculation. | 18 |
| Experience is the great test of truth and is perpetually contradicting the theories of men. Dr. Johnson. | 19 |
| Experience is the mistress of fools. Latin. | 20 |
| Experience is the mother of science. | 21 |
Experience joined to common-sense,
To mortals is a providence. Green. | 22 |
| Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. | 23 |
| Experience makes fools wise. | 24 |
| Experience purchased by suffering teaches wisdom. Latin. | 25 |
| Experience teaches fools and he is a great one that will not learn by it. | 26 |
| Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. | 27 |
| He knows the water best who has waded through it. Danish. | 28 |
| He who has been bitten by a snake is afraid of an eel. | 29 |
| He who has been stung by a scorpion is afraid of its shadow. Spanish. | 30 |
| He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard. Italian. | 31 |
| He who has crossed the ford knows how deep it is. Italian. | 32 |
| He who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup. German. | 33 |
| I know by my own pot how the others boil. French. | 34 |
| Once bit, twice shy. | 35 |
| Personal experience is better than book learning. | 36 |
| Scalded cats fear even cold water. | 37 |
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