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 early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"Men who listen to NPR are usually marriage material."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"A guy is a lump. He's not a woman. He's not even a full-fledged person yet."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"Being an intellectual creates a lot of ex-friends."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"Sometimes the fairy tale ending isn't the ending you expected."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"The truth is, we have to look for love where we are, not where we think we should be."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"Maybe we should all be a little more selfish."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"What we want doesn't always match what's good for us."
Carrie Bradshaw
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"I shouldn't have said that."
Jerry Gergich
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"I should have known this would happen."
Jerry Gergich
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"I should have seen this coming."
Jerry Gergich
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"I should have known better."
Jerry Gergich
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"It does not do to trust blindly in appearances."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion to be secure of judging properly at first."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"I am convinced that one great reason of the majority of failures is from the absurdly high expectations we form."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"A person may be proud without being vain."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"Better to be without sense than to misapply it."
Elizabeth Bennet
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"I don't believe in bad luck. I believe in consequences."
Miranda Hobbes
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"Maybe it's not about finding the right person. It's about becoming the right person."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I've learned to trust my instincts."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I'm too smart to be stupid about love."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I do everything with intention."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I'm going to trust my gut."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I'm going to focus on what I can control."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I've learned that you can't change people."
Miranda Hobbes
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"I'm not interested in regrets."
Miranda Hobbes
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"Maybe our mistakes and our unhappiness is what we need to become who we're supposed to be."
Charlotte York
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"The problem is, when you're young, you believe you can change people."
Charlotte York
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"I believe in second chances, but not third ones."
Charlotte York