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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"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."Henry David Thoreau
"Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances."Henry David Thoreau
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."Henry David Thoreau
"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things."Henry David Thoreau
"Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights."Henry David Thoreau
"I love those who do not first look behind them, but look ahead."Zarathustra
"What is the greatest experience you can have? It is the hour of great contempt."Zarathustra
"Blessed are the forgetful for they get the better of their blunders."Zarathustra
"The path to wisdom passes through folly."Zarathustra
"Conscience is a luxury few can afford."Justice Wargrave
"If you have good thoughts, you will have good things."Willy Wonka
"Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."Willy Wonka
"We shall see, we shall see."Willy Wonka
"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will change your world."Matilda Wormwood
"I think you've done something rather clever."Miss Honey
"The important thing is to have something to do and someone to love."Miss Honey
"I think we must be extremely clever to manage what we are attempting."Matilda Wormwood
"The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness"Melchizedek
"Rabbit's clever. He's very clever indeed. But he makes mistakes."Winnie-the-Pooh
"A little something is good for a long walk."Winnie-the-Pooh
"Doing nothing often leads to the very best something."Winnie-the-Pooh
"I wish I had never found that Heffalump."Winnie-the-Pooh
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."Duchess
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."Cheshire Cat
"If you have good thoughts, you will have good actions and you will have a good day."Willy Wonka
"Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. He lived happily ever after."Willy Wonka
"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place."The Red Queen
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."The Cheshire Cat
"There's glory for you!"Humpty Dumpty
"Curtsey while you're thinking what to say."The Red Queen