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 often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, although the results are much the same."
The Narrator
C
"A dragon is just a very large reptile with wings."
Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson
T
"You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, but it helps if the eggs are willing."
The Narrator
T
"The thing about being a human is that you're human, which means you make mistakes."
The Narrator
A
"Kings and lords can die just as easily as farmers"
Arya Stark
M
"Believe nothing."
Mr. Wednesday
A
"You're going to find that life won't accommodate you with easy answers."
Anansi
A
"You are responsible for the choices you make."
Anansi
L
"Forgiveness is harder than revenge."
Laura Moon
M
"The price of immortality is eternal loneliness."
Mr. Wednesday
W
"The most important step a man can take is always the next one."
Wit (Hoid)
S
"We are not defined by our burdens, but by how we choose to carry them."
Syl
I
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Inigo Montoya
V
"Fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!"
Vizzini
T
"Life is not a fairytale. Sometimes people die, sometimes they disappoint you."
The Grandfather (narrator)
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"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."
Miracle Max
I
"I do not think that word means what you think."
Inigo Montoya
A
"You can't fight City Hall. And you certainly can't fight the Almighty"
Aziraphale
C
"They don't tell us anything useful, either Heaven or Hell"
Crowley
C
"Plans are what you make when you want something else to happen"
Crowley
D
"Perspective. That is the gift of age."
Dalinar Kholin
D
"My father taught me that there is honor in trying."
Dalinar Kholin
S
"I'm not a god. I don't want to be a god. I want only to be human."
Shadow Moon
A
"You don't have to understand things for them to be useful."
Anansi
M
"Every coin has two sides."
Mr. Wednesday
M
"You can't argue with your own mythology."
Mr. Wednesday
J
"The more you know the worse it is"
Jon Snow
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
M
"America is a god-eating country."
Mr. Wednesday
V
"The battle of wits has begun."
Vizzini