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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"Pride has always been my enemy."Mr. Rochester
"The past cannot be changed, only accepted."Mr. Rochester
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends"Heathcliff
"Revenge is not so sweet, that I have much to boast of"Roger Chillingworth
"A woman never overcomes these problems by her own strength."Hester Prynne
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching."Pip
"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."Joe Gargery
"I have learned that wealth cannot buy happiness."Pip
"At last I understand what it means to live."Pip
"If it be true that defects nourished become talents, this may be the talent of Mr. Stryver."The Narrator
"In the depths of despair, we discover our true selves."Sydney Carton
"There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness."Ishmael
"Experience is merely the name we give our mistakes."Lord Henry Wotton
"I can resist everything except temptation, but then again, so can most people."The Narrator
"The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it."Elizabeth Bennet
"Vanity and pride are different things."Elizabeth Bennet
"Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and I have been taught by it."Pip
"I am both the victim and the perpetrator of my own circumstances."Pip
"We are shaped by our choices more than by our circumstances."Pip
"The measure of a person is not their fortune, but their character."Joe Gargery
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends."Nelly Dean
"The past, no matter how dark, cannot define our future unless we allow it to"Sydney Carton
"I can resist everything except temptation."Lord Henry Wotton
"Conscience is something that causes all kinds of bother."Lord Henry Wotton
"Experience is merely the name men give to their mistakes."Lord Henry Wotton
"The man who says that he has lost nothing in this world is either a fool or a liar."Basil Hallward
"Moderation is a fatal thing."Lord Henry Wotton
"Better sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian."Ishmael
"There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness."Ishmael
"For as in this world, head winds are far more prevalent than winds from astern."Ishmael