"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."
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"She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy."
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."
"من نمّ لك نمّ بك, ومن نقل إليك نقل عنك, ومن إذا أرضيته فقال ماليس فيك, كذلك إذا أغضبته قال فيك ماليس فيك."
"learn from the past live in the present plan for the future"
"V-Day…if you need this one day in a year to show everyone else you truly care for “your loved one” I think it’s quite stupid. I hate this commercialism. It’s all artificial, and has nothing to do with real love."
"If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it."
"Every life has death and every light has shadow. Be content to stand in the light and let the shadow fall where it will."
"And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
"There are no ordinary moments."
"No,’ Nico said. ‘Getting a second life is one thing. Making it a better life, that’s the trick.’ As soon as he said it, Nico realized he could’ve been talking about himself. He decided not to bring that up."
"Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance."
"The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you."
"Our wisdom comes from our experience,and our experience comes from our foolishness."
"It’s never overreacting to ask for what you want and need."
"A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet."
"Life would be tragic if it weren't funny."
"The idea of authority, which they represented, was associated in our minds with a greater insight and a more humane wisdom."
"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."