Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

64329 quotes

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"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices."
Albus Dumbledore
J
"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."
Jean Valjean
T
"I drink and know things."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not."
Tyrion Lannister
D
"Words are wind."
Davos Seaworth
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"There is no shame in what you are feeling."
Albus Dumbledore
T
"A crown does not make one wise."
Tyrion Lannister
K
"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I have burned down the Eld empire in time of war and rebuilt it in a time of peace. I have stolen a king's taxes once and spent it all on a beast made of bone and teeth. I have reached the end of the world and stood at the edge of the abyss. I have held回combs and smiled straight into the dark eyes of death."
Kvothe
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
S
"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure."
Severus Snape
A
"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels, but old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Vanity is a weakness, even in the mightiest."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Evil often wears a reasonable mask."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Some questions are more important than answers."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"Sometimes the greatest strength is knowing when not to fight."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Albus Dumbledore
A
"It is not our abilities that show what we truly are, it is our choices."
Albus Dumbledore
J
"A man cannot live on hatred alone."
Jean Valjean
E
"Some doors are better left unopened."
Elodin
B
"The heart is a better guide than the head."
Bast
K
"The greatest magic is understanding others."
Kvothe
S
"Once again, you have allowed your emotions to cloud your judgment."
Severus Snape
R
"You've been looking in the wrong place."
Remus Lupin
D
"A man can own his pride or his life, but not both."
Davos Seaworth
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
D
"Dragons plant no crops, build no castles."
Davos Seaworth
T
"You are more right than you know."
Tyrion Lannister