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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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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James

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Life
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William James
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We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. – William James

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Poverty
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William James
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A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything – African Proverb

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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. – Dean Inge

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I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. – Thomas Carlyle

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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse. – Proverb

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Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason. – Leonardo da Vinci

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What we have is North Korea still pursuing path to a nuclear weapon state. So the majority of peoples trust in North Korea has gone down considerably. – Lee Myung-bak

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