Bulls and the Bullring

It is not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring.

Spanish proverb

Every culture has a way of saying this, I think, which just goes to show that human nature never really changes. There is always the person holding forth theoretically, as if it were the same as real life. And then there is the experience of getting in there and facing the bull. You can't beat hands on experience for really understanding something.