Wisdom is the ability to ignore foolishness

Lazarus Takawira
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Wisdom is the ability to ignore foolishness, meaning that wisdom is not looking at what people say but doing what is best for you. If you are wise, then you can ignore foolishness. You can see that many people are making foolish decisions based on emotions or ideas that are not true. Many people make poor decisions because they do not have enough wisdom.

Source: The Public Servant

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