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
"The sicilian considers this a direct insult."Vizzini
"My way is not very sportsmanlike."Vizzini
"Mostly dead is slightly alive."Miracle Max
"Life is not fair, Westley."The Grandfather (narrator)
"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, although the results tend to be much the same."The Narrator
"You can't plan for everything. Well, you can try."Aziraphale
"I don't think it ever works out well when people take things literally."Crowley
"There's no such thing as a small temptation."Crowley
"Ineffable means beyond words. Also probably a filing system."Aziraphale
"Being good is harder than it sounds."Aziraphale
"Sometimes the nicest thing to do is the meanest thing you can think of."Aziraphale
"The most important step a person can take is always the next one."Dalinar Kholin
"Knowledge without compassion is tyranny."Jasnah Kholin
"The greatest battles are won before they are fought."Dalinar Kholin
"The only thing that makes people want to believe in you is if you're a stupid miracle."Mr. Wednesday
"Believe nothing."Anansi
"The sword doesn't make you a knight."Davos Seaworth
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"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
"Trust no one completely, not even yourself."Shadow Moon
"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, though the results tend to be much the same."The Narrator
"Just because you can do a thing, it does not necessarily follow that you ought to do it."Aziraphale
"Perhaps we have been thinking about this all wrong."Aziraphale
"Efficiency is the enemy of humanity."Crowley
"Mortality is the one thing that makes humans remarkable."The Narrator
"I drink and I know things"Tyrion Lannister
"A man is what he does, not what he says."Ned Stark
"The realm would be better served."Ned Stark