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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"I am not broken, I am free"Amy Dunne
"The truth is often more complex than it appears."Mikael Blomkvist
"A man should always have facts before him from which to draw his conclusions."Sherlock Holmes
"You have done well. You have kept your eyes open, and I have kept myself informed."Sherlock Holmes
"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."Sherlock Holmes
"It seems an unlikely place for a man to hide himself."Dr. John Watson
"One should always look for a possible alternative and provide against it."Sherlock Holmes
"Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent."Dr. John Watson
"Two heads are better than one."Zarniwoop
"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is quite clear."Sherlock Holmes
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."Sherlock Holmes
"My dear Watson, you see everything. You observe nothing."Sherlock Holmes
"How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible?"Sherlock Holmes
"You will find that very useful if you will only think so."Sherlock Holmes
"Elementary, my dear Watson."Sherlock Holmes
"Your powers of observation are remarkable, but you employ them for trivial things."Sherlock Holmes
"I cannot help thinking that it is the greatest gift that a man can be born into a world of interests."Sherlock Holmes
"Ah, that would be telling. Now is not the time."Sherlock Holmes
"The smallest point may be the most essential."Sherlock Holmes
"We all carry our walls with us"Shevek
"We are all judged by what we have done, not what we meant to do."Justice Wargrave
"The more intelligent you become, the more problems you see"Charlie Gordon
"Understanding yourself is the first step to understanding humanity"Charlie Gordon
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes"Sherlock Holmes
"You have seen all that is to be seen"Sherlock Holmes
"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact"Sherlock Holmes
"Elementary, my dear fellow, elementary"Sherlock Holmes
"One must observe the small details to solve great mysteries"Sherlock Holmes
"The greatest mysteries yield to reason and determination"Sherlock Holmes
"The human mind seeks patterns everywhere."Robert Langdon
