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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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"A person is smart, people are dumb"Salvor Hardin
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that moment I also love him."Ender Wiggin
"The most important human ability is to tell the difference between what belongs to us and what does not."Orson Scott Card (Narrator)
"Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not."Tyrion Lannister
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"There is no escape from a woman's subtlety"Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"The desert is a teacher"Stilgar
"The test of a first-rate intelligence"Paul Atreides
"You must learn to distinguish necessity from desire"Thufir Hawat
"The greatest achievement is simplicity"Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Those who seek control lose it"Paul Atreides
"The greatest fools have the greatest kingdoms."Tyrion Lannister
"Sword fighting in the metaverse is not like sword fighting in reality"Hiro Protagonist
"The sword is mightier than the code only in the hands of someone who understands both"Hiro Protagonist
"A man who knows he is a fool is not a complete fool."Estraven
"To be so completely rational as to have no emotions is to be incomplete."Genly Ai
"In the end, understanding is the only victory that matters."Genly Ai
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"A sword is not a toy"Jon Snow
"A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, but first and foremost they want to be regarded as human beings"Genly Ai
"To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness"Estraven
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"I think you're still hung up on the old idea that kids should be seen and not heard."Ender Wiggin
"Winning is not about destroying your enemy. It's about understanding them."Mazer Rackham
"You do not beg the sun for mercy."Stilgar
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"Intelligence without action is merely philosophy"Salvor Hardin
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."Douglas Adams
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"Douglas Adams