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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. - Wi

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James

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The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out theyve got a second. – William James

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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher

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