wisdom Quotes

“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

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“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors. ”

― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them.”

― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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“She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! alas! she must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.”

― Jane Austen, Persuasion

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“Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail.”

― William Shakespeare, Richard II

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“For this is hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. Thus passed with the lonesome one months and years; his wisdom meanwhile increased, and caused him pain by its abundance.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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“There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness.”

― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

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“knowledge should lead to wisdom, and . . . if it doesn't, it's just a disgusting waste of time!”

― J. D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey

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“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

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“At fifteen, life had taught me that surrender, sometimes, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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