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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"Trust no one but your allies."
Haymitch Abernathy
T
"All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are better fools than the rest."
Tyrion Lannister
F
"I suppose a fire that burns half as bright burns twice as long."
Four/Tobias Eaton
T
"I realize that protecting something is different than running away."
Tris Prior
T
"I drink and I know things."
Tyrion Lannister
H
"We're fools if we trust either of them."
Haymitch Abernathy
K
"There are worse things than dying."
Katniss Everdeen
I
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Inigo Montoya
V
"The battle of wits has begun."
Vizzini
V
"Fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!"
Vizzini
I
"Let me explain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up."
Inigo Montoya
W
"I think I have discovered the flaw in your plan."
Westley
V
"A person is smart. People are dumb."
Vizzini
W
"Death is but a temporary inconvenience."
Westley
T
"Sometimes you don't want to know how close you came to disaster."
Thomas
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"The maze tests not our bodies, but our minds."
Minho
T
"Memory is both a gift and a curse."
Thomas
A
"Understanding our enemy is the first step to defeating them."
Alby
N
"We are the authors of our own story."
Newt
T
"I have realized that part of my life will always be unfinished. I will always be searching for something."
Tris Prior
T
"I have to stop trying to control everything and just let things happen."
Tris Prior
F
"You can't protect everyone. Sometimes you have to let people make their own choices."
Four/Tobias Eaton
T
"I understand what it means to be a Divergent now."
Tris Prior
A
"Monsters are a lot like people, Percy. Most of them don't want to hurt you"
Annabeth Chase
A
"You can't trust anyone in this world completely"
Annabeth Chase
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"The world is full of monsters. Most of them are human"
Grover Underwood
A
"Every choice you make defines who you become"
Annabeth Chase
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"Trust your instincts. Half-bloods have good instincts"
Chiron
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"Ares is a coward at heart, despite his godly power"
Chiron
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"Medusa taught me that not all monsters are born evil"
Percy Jackson