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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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Our faith is faith in someone elses faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. – William James

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Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda. – Bennie Thompson

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The wisdom of Gods Word is quite clear on believers being unequally yoked. And marrying someone who is not a Christian – who is not a daily disciple of Christ – is being unequally yoked, regardless of what their beliefs might be. – Pat Robertson

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They are few in the midst of an overwhelming mass of brute force, and their submission is wisdom but for a nation like England to submit to be robbed by any invader who chooses to visit her shores seemed to me to be nonsense. – George Combe

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It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein. – Adam Schiff

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We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, its more a business thats out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff. – Yahoo Serious

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Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. – Max Beerbohm

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