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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"Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line."
Vizzini
V
"The sicilian considers this a direct insult."
Vizzini
V
"My way is not very sportsmanlike."
Vizzini
M
"Mostly dead is slightly alive."
Miracle Max
T
"Life is not fair, Westley."
The Grandfather (narrator)
T
"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, although the results tend to be much the same."
The Narrator
A
"You can't plan for everything. Well, you can try."
Aziraphale
C
"I don't think it ever works out well when people take things literally."
Crowley
C
"There's no such thing as a small temptation."
Crowley
A
"Ineffable means beyond words. Also probably a filing system."
Aziraphale
A
"Being good is harder than it sounds."
Aziraphale
A
"Sometimes the nicest thing to do is the meanest thing you can think of."
Aziraphale
D
"The most important step a person can take is always the next one."
Dalinar Kholin
J
"Knowledge without compassion is tyranny."
Jasnah Kholin
D
"The greatest battles are won before they are fought."
Dalinar Kholin
M
"The only thing that makes people want to believe in you is if you're a stupid miracle."
Mr. Wednesday
A
"Believe nothing."
Anansi
D
"The sword doesn't make you a knight."
Davos Seaworth
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
S
"I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not."
Shadow Moon
S
"Trust no one completely, not even yourself."
Shadow Moon
T
"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, though the results tend to be much the same."
The Narrator
A
"Just because you can do a thing, it does not necessarily follow that you ought to do it."
Aziraphale
A
"Perhaps we have been thinking about this all wrong."
Aziraphale
C
"Efficiency is the enemy of humanity."
Crowley
T
"Mortality is the one thing that makes humans remarkable."
The Narrator
T
"I drink and I know things"
Tyrion Lannister
N
"A man is what he does, not what he says."
Ned Stark
N
"The realm would be better served."
Ned Stark