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"Wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: wit
631 people liked it

"Wit is educated insolence."
— Aristotle

47 people liked it

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)

tags: wisdom
6,622 people liked it

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
— William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)

tags: greatness
2,809 people liked it

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."
— William Shakespeare (All's Well That Ends Well)

tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
3,961 people liked it

"If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die."
— William Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)

982 people liked it

"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come."
— William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)

tags: dramatist, quotes
488 people liked it

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."
— William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)

tags: insults, shakespeare
474 people liked it

"Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. "
— Christopher Paolini (Eragon)

279 people liked it

"Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now."
— Christopher Paolini (Eldest)

tags: inspirational
410 people liked it

"Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?
"
— Christopher Paolini (Eldest)

63 people liked it

""Let'sss just kill him," said the shorter Ra'zac. "He has caused us much grief."
The taller one ran his finger down his sword. "A good plan. But remember, the king's instructions were to keep them alive."

-from Eragon, Chapter Title: The Ra'zac's Revenge."
— Christopher Paolini

tags: fantasy
19 people liked it

"Shall we dance,friend of my heart?

We shall, little one.

-from Eldest: Chapter Title: The Storm Breaks"
— Christopher Paolini

tags: fantasy
31 people liked it

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: choices
3,130 people liked it

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
4,895 people liked it

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: dreams, life
2,204 people liked it

"To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: death, inspirational
1,535 people liked it

"As strong as we are united. As weak as we are divided."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: strength, unity
663 people liked it

"Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head!"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: humor
449 people liked it

"Oh well... I'd just been thinking, if you had died, you'd have been welcome to share my toilet."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

tags: flirting, humor
775 people liked it

"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: human, life, value, worth
469 people liked it

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

tags: dumbledore
1,088 people liked it

"Albus Severus," Harry said quietly, so that nobody but Ginny could hear, and she was tactful enough to pretend to be waving to Rose, who was now on the train, "you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

377 people liked it

"Give her hell from us, Peeves."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: mischief
276 people liked it

"'I've never stunned anyone except in our D.A. lessons,' said Luna, sounding mildly interested. 'That was noisier than I thought it would be.'"
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)

tags: humor
68 people liked it

"Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: adventure
503 people liked it

"I enjoyed the meetings, too. It was like having friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: friends
221 people liked it

"It takes much bravery to stand up to our enemies but we need as much bravery to stand up to our friends."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)

tags: courage, friends
1,389 people liked it

"The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

169 people liked it

"You could say sorry," suggested Harry bluntly.
"What, and get attacked by another flock of canaries?" muttered Ron.
"What did you have to imitate her for?"
"She laughed at my mustache!"
"So did I, it was the stupidest thing I've ever seen."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

tags: humor, mustache
313 people liked it

"You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: body, soul
3,650 people liked it

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
— Aristotle

tags: wisdom
1,735 people liked it

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
— Aristotle (Metaphysics)

tags: wisdom
906 people liked it

"Hope is a waking dream."
— Aristotle

tags: dreams, hope
113 people liked it

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."
— Aristotle

tags: friendship
199 people liked it

"To perceive is to suffer."
— Aristotle

tags: life, suffer
100 people liked it

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
— Aristotle

tags: happiness
224 people liked it

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
— Aristotle

tags: friendship, soul
698 people liked it

"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them."
— Aristotle

25 people liked it

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
— Aristotle

30 people liked it

"A friend to all is a friend to none."
— Aristotle

53 people liked it

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
— Aristotle

tags: habit, inspirational, knowledge
409 people liked it

"The Law is Reason free from Passion."
— Aristotle

12 people liked it

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past."
— George Orwell (1984)

tags: inspirational
350 people liked it

"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
— George Orwell

tags: truth
560 people liked it

"The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."
— George Orwell

tags: history
140 people liked it

"Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one."
— George Orwell (1984)

57 people liked it

"War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength."
— George Orwell (1984)

tags: freedom, ignorance, inspirational, war
218 people liked it

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
— George Orwell (1984)

tags: first-sentence
50 people liked it

"Beautiful thing, the destruction of words. "
— George Orwell

tags: absurd
65 people liked it

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