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649 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
W. B. Yeats
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
André Gide · Autumn Leaves, 1950
“Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.”
Robin Williams
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel.”
Steven Furtick
“It is not what he does that will make you know him, but his manner.”
Confucius · The Analects
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“We are all born originals; why is it so many die copies?”
Edward Young · Conjectures on Original Composition, 1759
“The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.”
Stephen King · Needful Things, 1991
“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.”
Friedrich Nietzsche · Beyond Good and Evil, 1886
“A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.”
Oscar Wilde · The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1890
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Oscar Wilde
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde · De Profundis, 1897
“There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore.”
Lord Voldemort · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003
“Wormtail, you promised me your loyalty.”
Lord Voldemort · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000
“Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies.”
Lord Voldemort · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007
“There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.”
Lord Voldemort · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997
