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