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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 history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James

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We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. – William James

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If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom. – George Byron

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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. – Thomas Huxley

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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

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

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