The trıump of experıence over hope ıs always death,

And hope in dead, shall be call it belief? Anybody?

Dark clouds will disappear when hope is alive.

Dark clouds might disappear momentarily but they will always return. Life always ends badly ! So it might be better to abondon all hope and live for the moment.

Stop learning from your experience
Remain naive and make the same mistakes again
Don't think, just be

First of all, I like that picture.

Being a retired bachelor cannot be the result of the triumph of experience over hope, unless he stops hoping. If not, the only thing that remains is death: the tie between hope and experience.

And I believe it is in the nature of the common man to see it as the defeat of hope, not the triumph of experience.

Speaking of hope: Herman Hartmann, I hope that you're not living by that advice yourself, nor do I hope that anyone will ever take it from you.

Dens, I see that I contradicted you. Let me explain: What if someone dies hoping? Is that a triumph for experience? Experience is of no use anymore. Does it have anything to be triumphant about when its owner dies? Death is the second best for both of them: a tie.

Tjitze

My words where not meant as an advice and I don't live by them either. This remark was to show what is the alternative for hope and experience.

I'd say it's the exact opposite. The result of the triumph of hope over experience is braking up. And the result of the triumph of experience over hope is getting married; a second marriage is for the hopeless. This is not a moral judgement, because hope as well as hopelessness has its merits.

I think the triumph of experience over hope is not making any choice wahtsoever.