[Ads-l] Quote: Good Judgment depends mostly on experience and experience usually comes from poor judgment. (February 17, 1932)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

I received a request to explore the saying in the subject line. Barry
Popik has a useful entry on the topic. His earliest match appeared in
"Reader's Digest" with an unknown month. The anecdote in "Reader's
Digest" said that a version of the saying was spoken in 1936.

Below is a citation in 1932. (Also, I determined that the "Reader's
Digest" citation appeared in April 1945.)

[ref] 1932 February 17, The Muncie Evening Press, In the Press of
Things, Quote Page 4, Column 7, Muncie, Indiana.
(Newspapers_com)[/ref]

[Begin excerpt]
FRED ROSE quoted this comment at the Rotary  Club-Central Senior Class
meeting Tuesday: "Good Judgment depends mostly on experience and
experience usually comes from poor judgment."
[End excerpt]

Earlier citations and pertinent information would be welcome. Here is
a link to the QI entry and Barry's entry:

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/02/23/judgment/

http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/good_judgment_comes_from_experience_and_that_comes_from_bad_judgment

Garson

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