Verb
learn from experience (third-person singular simple present learns from experience, present participle learning from experience, simple past and past participle learned from experience or learnt from experience)
Synonym of learn the hard way
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw
We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others. Otto von Bismarck
I learn from experience. Alan Dershowitz
The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience. B. F. Skinner
I don't seem to be able to learn from experience or anything useful. History doesn't help me. Precedents don't inform my experience. Bill Nighy