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Quote by William James
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 prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers. – William James

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Poverty
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William James
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Truth, as any dictionary will tell you, is a property of certain of our ideas. It means their “agreement,” as falsity means their disagreement, with “reality.” – William James

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Reality
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The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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Wisdom is digested experience… – Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), 1917 March 29th

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Wisdom

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next. – Charles Simmons

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Wisdom

Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel. – Jane Porter

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Wisdom

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The only real failure in life is one not learned from. – Anthony J. DAngelo

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There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults – Curtis W. Fentress

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architecture

On sensitive issues, talk isnt cheap – it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut. – Marvin Olasky

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Life has always taken place in a tumult without apparent cohesion, but it only finds its grandeur and its reality in ecstasy and in ecstatic love. – Georges Bataille

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Passion