Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

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"Sometimes the smallest acts matter the most."
Prim Everdeen
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"I choose peace over vengeance."
Prim Everdeen
P
"I'm learning to set boundaries."
Prim Everdeen
P
"I'm learning to forgive."
Prim Everdeen
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"I know the smell of a thief in the air."
Smaug
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"I alone possess the wisdom to rule all the lands beneath me."
Smaug
S
"Wisdom comes from experience, and I have centuries more than you could imagine."
Smaug
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"In matters of state, sentiment is a luxury we cannot afford."
President Snow
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"Every choice has consequences. Choose wisely."
President Snow
P
"Mercy is a luxury reserved for those who have already won."
President Snow
P
"Wisdom is knowing which battles to fight and which to let others fight."
President Snow
C
"Style is not vanity. It is self-respect."
Cinna
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"The wisest choice is often the hardest."
Cinna
S
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Saruman
S
"The greatest power is not in the sword, but in the mind."
Saruman
S
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
Saruman
S
"To know thyself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Saruman
S
"Knowledge without compassion is a blade without a hilt."
Saruman
T
"The mountain taught me that even the mightiest can fall."
Thorin Oakenshield
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"Wisdom comes from experience, and I have much of both."
Thorin Oakenshield
T
"We must be shrewd, for the world is full of deception."
Thorin Oakenshield
T
"The quest has made me wiser than all the years of comfort ever could."
Thorin Oakenshield
H
"I'm not much for words, but I know how to keep people alive."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"I'm alive because I learned to think like they do."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"I can't teach you how to win. Only how to live long enough to try."
Haymitch Abernathy
D
"Fire cannot be reasoned with, only respected."
Drogon
D
"There is no wisdom in mercy, only calculation."
Drogon
D
"The greatest strength is knowing when to unleash your fire."
Drogon
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"Survival means knowing what matters and what doesn't."
Gale Hawthorne
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"The world needs healers more than it needs warriors."
Prim Everdeen