experience is
the name so many people
give to their mistakes
Adapted from the line, “Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.” in the Oscar Wilde play, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Act III, ed. Isobel Murray (New York: Dover Publications, 1997).
Oh but where to start?
My recent experiences in books to read?
My recent experiences in things to eat?
My recent experiences in places to go?
Or do we cast a bigger net?
The recent experiences with Presidential elections?
Like I said, where to start.
Just for fun, read over the morning newspapers or watch the morning news and when you read or hear the word experience, say ‘mistakes’ in your head.
But …
In the play’s next lines, Mr. Wilde has another character say, referring to mistakes that, “One
shouldn’t commit any.”
To which Mr. Wilde has someone say in response, “Life would be very dull without them.”
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