“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Source: 1890s, The Principles of Psychology (1890), Ch. 22
“The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.”
— Rumi
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