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