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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"The problem with good people is that they are too good"Lisbeth Salander
"I'm not a moron. I'm only a girl."Amy Dunne
"Every man wants a beautiful young thing. Then he tires of her."Amy Dunne
"To be whole is to accept imperfection"Takver
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."Sherlock Holmes
"I had intended that you should see it in the plural."Sherlock Holmes
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."Sherlock Holmes
"The very first thing that I observed was a complete absence of any plausible motive."Sherlock Holmes
"One should respect the proprieties in matters of detail."Sherlock Holmes
"I see in these scattered facts a pattern emerging."Sherlock Holmes
"The solution lies not in what we see, but in what we fail to see."Sherlock Holmes
"The answer is a towel."Ford Prefect
"I have lived long enough to understand human nature"Justice Wargrave
"Trust is a luxury we cannot afford"Lombard
"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."Sherlock Holmes
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."Sherlock Holmes
"Crime is common. Logic is rare."Sherlock Holmes
"You know my methods. Apply them."Sherlock Holmes
"I am afraid, my dear friend, that most of your conclusions were erroneous."Sherlock Holmes
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."Sherlock Holmes
"Singular and yet quite simple,—you will see how deplorably simple when I explain it to you."Sherlock Holmes
"Understanding others requires humility"Charlie Gordon
"People are not what you think they are. Never."Nick Dunne
"People believe what they want to believe."Go Dunne
"Madness is just clarity with nowhere to go."Amy Dunne
"The prison and the palace are built from the same stones"Shevek
"To possess is to be separate"Shevek
"We are made whole by what we give away"Shevek
"I don't trust people"Amy Dunne
"I know exactly who I am"Amy Dunne
