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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"The only way to truly understand someone is to listen with your whole heart."
Timmy
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"Timmy timmy!"
Timmy
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Timmy
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"Timmy timmy!"
Timmy
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"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
Aristotle
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"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
Aristotle
A
"The whole is naturally prior to the part."
Aristotle
A
"Anybody can become angry—that is easy. But to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that is not within everybody's power and is not easy."
Aristotle
A
"The part can never be well unless the whole is well."
Aristotle
A
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
Aristotle
A
"You will become wise by considering your future as if it had already happened."
Aristotle
"The art of living well is the art of living simply and naturally."
Epicurus
"Prudence is a more precious thing than philosophy."
Epicurus
"Folly lies in desiring what you do not possess."
Epicurus
"The wise man does not fear poverty if his mind is rich."
Epicurus
"The unexamined appetite is the root of all human sorrow."
Epicurus
"The path to contentment is paved with realistic expectations."
Epicurus
"The wise person knows which desires are worth pursuing."
Epicurus
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"Ignorance is the root of all misfortune."
Plato
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"To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom."
Plato
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"A person is wise in proportion as they listen to more advice than they give."
Plato
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"The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms."
Plato
P
"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers."
Plato
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"I can't marry a man I just met."
Hans
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"She can't marry a man she just met."
Hans
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"You're not the villain you think you are, Anna."
Hans
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"What you want and what you need aren't always the same."
Hans
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"Trust must be earned, not given."
Hans
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"I've learned to see beyond the surface."
Hans
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"The cost of ambition is often higher than we think."
Hans