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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

— Lin Yutang

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

— Buddha

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

— Khalil Gibran

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

— Jane Fonda

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

— David Starr Jordan

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

— Robert Dale Owen

Wisdom is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.

— Herman Hesse

Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues.

— Abigail Adams

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

✗Opposing Perspectives

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

— Monica Raymund

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame; obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

— Alfred North Whitehead