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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"A man must know his limitations"Stannis Baratheon
"Perhaps that's the secret. Perhaps they make it that way"Jon Snow
"I will teach them that the dragon has three heads"Daenerys Targaryen
"Better to be a drunken fool than a clever fool"Tyrion Lannister
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."Kris Kelvin
"The less you own, the less it owns you."Estraven
"The world does not owe us understanding, only the opportunity to seek it."Genly Ai
"The heart understands what the mind cannot explain."Estraven
"Much that was anticipated has come to pass, and much that was unanticipated has also come to pass."Paul Atreides
"The spice must flow."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"Beginnings are such delicate times."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"How strange it is that a man can slay his enemy with far greater ease than he can say he was wrong."Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
"In a world where assassins have access to poisons from a thousand worlds, safety is largely a matter of anticipated precaution."Thufir Hawat
"The sietch is our fortress, but it is also our key to the water."Stilgar
"The way to win is not to play."Mazer Rackham
"I am the one, but I am not the only."Ender Wiggin
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"The greatest danger lies not in the enemy without, but in ignorance within"Salvor Hardin
"Chaos breeds opportunity for the prepared mind"Salvor Hardin
"What appears to be weakness is often calculated strategy"Salvor Hardin
"Mercy and firmness must be balanced by those in power"Salvor Hardin
"I drink and I know things."Tyrion Lannister
"A man who cannot see men does not exist."Estraven
"What is not known is more dangerous than what is known."Estraven
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"Salvor Hardin
"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."Arthur Dent
"The cold clarifies thought."Estraven
"When you can do something about a thing, then you must worry. When you cannot do anything about a thing, then it does no good to worry."Paul Atreides
"A man is known by the quality of his enemies."Paul Atreides
"The sleeper wakes, but does he see?"Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions