I thought I knew who you were, but I see now you were a lesson to learn, and all I am to you now is a bridge that’s been burned.
How many times already had I encountered the painful lesson that although we may wish for the barb to be pulled from our flesh, it leaves a welt that doesn't heal?
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
No one respects the flame quite like the fool who's badly burned
The only thing I learned is that failure sucks, and you never want to do it. There's not a lot to be said for that particular lesson.
You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.
You dont have to get beat up as many times as I did to come to your senses. Certainly I wish Id come to mine earlier than I did.
I have learned the hard way that concussions are not fun.
