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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"Insanity is contagious."Yossarian
"Congratulations. I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains."Tralfamadorian
"A man with no conscience is a dead man already."Javert
"Duty is the essence of humanity."Javert
"Sanity is not statistical."Winston Smith
"Which is better to have laws and agree or to hunt and kill?"Ralph
"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill."Simon
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing."Old Major
"Beware of false leaders who dazzle you with cheering words."Old Major
"The quality of a man's life is determined by the quality of the questions he asks"Pierre Bezukhov
"The mind of man is capable of anything"Marlow
"To forgive is not weakness but strength."Jean Valjean
"We're all mad here."Yossarian
"Insanity is contagious."Doc Daneeka
"The secret to understanding the universe is in the details."Chaplain Tappman
"The best things in life are worth paying for."Milo Minderbinder
"There was no sport in it—no real play about it."Ralph
"That's how things are."Simon
"No animal shall drink alcohol."Old Major
"He had ability, but he had no judgment"The Manager
"What does the word even mean?"Marlow
"We've got to talk about this. And decide. Now."Ralph
"I have tasted the wretched fate of poverty and I know its bitterness."Fantine
"We are shaped by our choices, not merely by our circumstances."Jean Valjean
"Orr was crazy and could be grounded."Yossarian
"That's some catch, that Catch-22."Yossarian
"I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."The Creature
"Sorrow only increased with knowledge."Victor Frankenstein
"An appeal to something high in his nature."Marlow
"Sanity is not statistical."Winston Smith