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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"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
Cheshire Cat
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"Quit being smart-alecky and pay attention."
Charles Wallace Murry
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"We are all given gifts"
Mrs. Which
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"Think it over, think it under."
Eeyore
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"When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you think of something, you have to say it in case you forget it again."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"Doing nothing often leads to the very best something."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"Before beginning a Hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you look for it."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"Bother! said Pooh. I've been thinking."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true."
Eeyore
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"Even a very small somethig is better than a very big nothing."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"The day has come to worry less and wonder more."
Christopher Robin
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Willy Wonka
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"I can't let people find out my secrets."
Willy Wonka
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"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
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"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
Cheshire Cat
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"The trouble with you is that you're thinking too much of yourself."
Marilla Cuthbert
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"I suppose you have to take the bitter with the sweet."
Marilla Cuthbert
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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there."
Cheshire Cat
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"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it."
Duchess
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"If you have good thoughts, you will have good deeds and good deeds will change the world."
Miss Honey
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"Trust your instincts."
Matilda Wormwood
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"Respect yourself, and others will too."
Miss Honey
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"If you have good thoughts, you will have good actions and good habits and good fortune and a good life."
Willy Wonka
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"Think, think, think."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"An Anxious Mind is a very good thing to have if you are a Pig."
Piglet
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"Saying nothing sometimes says the most."
Eeyore
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"Your heart is full of a wonderful sort of knowledge."
Owl
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"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, what's the first thing you say to yourself?"
Christopher Robin
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"Words can be commended, debased, or ignored, but they cannot be reversed."
King Azaz
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"You can never be too careful when choosing the words you use."
King Azaz