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 child is father of the man."
Miss Honey
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"The only weapon we really have against the forces of darkness is knowledge."
Miss Honey
M
"The only way to cope with something deadly serious is to treat it a little lightly"
Mrs. Whatsit
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"Your imperfections are your strengths"
Mrs. Whatsit
A
"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I am such a troublesome person."
Anne Shirley
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"The trouble with you is that you're thinking, and when you think you always get into hot water."
Marilla Cuthbert
A
"When you come to think of it, it was ever so much more romantic to imagine it than to know it."
Anne Shirley
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"I think the only way to get over it is to face the consequences of your own actions."
Marilla Cuthbert
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"The lesson there is a very deep one."
Humpty Dumpty
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
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"You can draw water out of a water-well."
Mad Hatter
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"No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise."
Mock Turtle
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"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will make the world a better place"
Willy Wonka
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"Don't bite the hand that gives you money"
Mr. Bucket
W
"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom"
Willy Wonka
W
"The best things in life cannot be bought"
Willy Wonka
W
"The heart knows what the mind cannot comprehend"
Willy Wonka
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"I don't think I'm going to like being six very much."
Matilda Wormwood
W
"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you sometimes find that a Thing which seemed very thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"An Engagement is Settled, and after that the Wedding must follow, but first comes a Blushing Bride."
Owl
C
"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."
Christopher Robin
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"Doing nothing often leads to the very best something."
Winnie-the-Pooh
C
"Think it over, Pooh. Think it over."
Christopher Robin
H
"The question is what is to be done about it."
Humpty Dumpty
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"Never underestimate a child's potential"
Mrs. Which
C
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."
Cheshire Cat
D
"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
D
"Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves."
Duchess
C
"I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly than that. It's either or."
Caterpillar
D
"No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise."
Duchess