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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"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."
Albus Dumbledore
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"The mind is not a book to be written and read, but a garden to be cultivated."
Albus Dumbledore
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"A man's got to know his limitations."
Tyrion Lannister
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"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
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"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on."
Sirius Black
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"Magical creatures are all dangerous. That's what makes them magical."
Rubeus Hagrid
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"Curiosity is not a sin, but we should exercise caution with it."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Believe me, I would not ask it if I did not have to."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Magic is not something to be feared—only misused."
Remus Lupin
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"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."
Gandalf
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"Fly, you fools!"
Gandalf
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"A wizard should know better!"
Gandalf
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"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
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"Once again, you have allowed your emotions to distract you from what is really important."
Severus Snape
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"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels."
Albus Dumbledore
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"I will arrive at the exact time I mean to."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Quidditch is cancelled this year."
Albus Dumbledore
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"I should have known."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Never trust something if you can't see where it keeps its brain."
Ron Weasley
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"Some secrets are better left buried."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Confidence without wisdom is dangerous."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
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"Why would I go into the Forbidden Forest at night?"
Harry Potter
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"A man must know when to hold and when to fold."
Davos Seaworth
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"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"I drink wine and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
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"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed."
Albus Dumbledore