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

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

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

William James

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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey. — W. B. Yeats
The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of li — I Timothy
ما كُلُّ ما يَتَمَنّى المَرءُ يُدرِكُهُ تَجري الرِياحُ بِما لا تَشتَهي السُفُنُ — Al-Mutanabbi
Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrativ — Homer
Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires , — Omar Khayyám
Confiding, though confounded; hoping on, Untaught by trial, unconvinced by proof — Edward Young
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If it is not right, do not do it, if it is not true, do not say it. For let thy — Marcus Aurelius
Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness — Michel de Montaigne
Veritatem dies aperit. — Time discovers truth. Seneca the Younger
La gloire est le soleil des morts. — Honoré de Balzac
The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is t — Oscar Wilde