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 think we should try to understand things a bit more."
Milo
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"It's not how much you know that matters, but how you use it."
The Mathemagician
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"Think, think, think. The only way to do great things is to think."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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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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"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men."
Willy Wonka
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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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"Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves."
Duchess
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"You have no idea how refreshing it is to hear a sensible remark."
Caterpillar
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"You're thinking about something, my dear, and that makes you forget to talk."
Duchess
C
"I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, only that I wouldn't have said it."
Caterpillar
C
"The question is not where to go, but how to get there."
Cheshire Cat
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"You may have the sympathy and the friendship of everyone, but that does not give you the right to expect their agreement."
Marilla Cuthbert
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"I believe we make more headway when we stop blaming ourselves."
Marilla Cuthbert
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"It seemed funny to me that the sunset she saw from her patio and the one I saw from the street didn't look any different."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"Running away doesn't solve anything."
Darry Curtis
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"We're all pretty much alike, when you come right down to it."
Johnny Cade
D
"There are things we can't help."
Darry Curtis
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"You can't believe everything you hear."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"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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"Rabbit's clever. Rabbit's smart. That's what Rabbit is."
Winnie-the-Pooh
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"Before we begin our adventure, don't you think we should have a Plan?"
Piglet
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"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold."
Johnny Cade
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"I was wrong. I could see that now."
Ponyboy Curtis
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"You can't go back. All you can do is improve the present."
Johnny Cade
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"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog."
Matilda Wormwood
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"Life is full of surprises for those who pay attention."
Miss Honey
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"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men."
Willy Wonka
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"Every good factory must have rules."
Willy Wonka
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"True wealth is not in gold but in imagination."
Willy Wonka