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