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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"I reckon Tom Sawyer was right about one thing."
Huckleberry Finn
V
"We learn from failure, not from success!"
Van Helsing
V
"We must keep our minds sharp and our hearts true."
Van Helsing
M
"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up."
Marmee
M
"We all have our burdens."
Marmee
M
"Life will show you how to be a true woman."
Marmee
S
"The beast is a part of us."
Simon
S
"We are all savages."
Simon
O
"Beware of humans bearing gifts."
Old Major
M
"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up."
Marmee
J
"Conceit spoils the finest genius."
Jo March
M
"Little things are really the most important."
Marmee
J
"Despair is the only cure for illusion."
Jean Valjean
T
"It don't make no difference. If you're going to do a thing, do it right"
Tom Sawyer
H
"When you got everybody else's allowance and can't use none of it yourself, what's the good of allowing you got it"
Huckleberry Finn
H
"I judged I better leave"
Huckleberry Finn
V
"We learn from failure, not from success!"
Van Helsing
V
"There is a reason that all things are as they are."
Van Helsing
V
"There is a method in all things, even in madness."
Van Helsing
V
"We cannot direct the storm, but we can direct the ship."
Van Helsing
O
"No animal shall drink alcohol."
Old Major
R
"The past cannot be changed."
Rahim Khan
L
"Children are good judges of people."
Laila
V
"We learn from failure, not from success!"
Van Helsing
J
"We must trace his coming and going."
Jonathan Harker
L
"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend."
Lucy Westenra
V
"His isolation is his weakness, our unity is our strength."
Van Helsing
M
"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off."
Meg March
M
"We all have our temptations."
Marmee
J
"Genius burns where it will, and we cannot change our nature."
Jo March