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 heart speaks louder than the mind"Dmitri Karamazov
"I am Dionysus. I am the god of wine, revelry, and theater."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"The gods have their reasons, whether you understand them or not."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"Rules exist for a reason, even if you don't understand them."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"Mortality is such an inconvenient thing."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"The gods don't forgive easily."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"The gods have their own agendas."Mr. D (Dionysus)
"A man who won't work cannot love, and a man who won't love is a man who won't work"Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
"Love and hate both require understanding"Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
"The heart knows what the mind cannot understand"Therem Harth rem ir Estraven
"When you're lost in the Doldrums, it's not just a place, it's a state of mind."Milo
"It's not just how much you learn, but how you learn it."Milo
"People love a good secret. They love the holding of it, the knowing of something no one else knows."Celia St. James
"You learn who people really are when they think no one is watching."Celia St. James
"I've always been good at reading people. It's how I survived."Celia St. James
"Some mistakes you make because you're young and stupid. Others you make because you're desperate."Celia St. James
"I learned the value of silence. What you don't say is often more powerful than what you do."Celia St. James
"The whole of the secret lies in this."Edmond Dantès
"To know everything is to forgive everything."Edmond Dantès
"I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a conscience?"Cathy Linton
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends."Cathy Linton
"I see now what I could not see before."Cathy Linton
"I am malicious because I am miserable"The Creature
"Alas! I did not yet know the fatal effects of this impetuosity"The Creature
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition"The Creature
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."The Creature
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."The Creature
"I had not understood that I was sad until I was happy."Laila
"Unhappy man! Do you share my madness? Have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught?"Walton
"Do not attempt this thing; do not renew my griefs with a request which I cannot grant."Walton