Quotes About Wisdom

Tarly, when I was a lad half your age, my lady mother told me that if I stood about with my mouth open, a weasel was like to mistake it for his lair and run down my throat. If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, beware of weasels.

No man should live longer than his teeth.

Jon Snow, you know nothing.

The Lord of Light in his wisdom made us male and female, two parts of a greater whole. In our joining there is power. Power to make life. Power to make light. Power to cast shadows.

Un hombre puede ser valiente cuando tiene miedo? - oyó que preguntaba su voz, tenue y lejana. – El el único momento en que puede ser valiente, Bran - le respondió la voz de su padre.

I have the virtue of being still amongst the living. Some would say that is my only virtue.

These old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.

The maester smiled...Hush now, child, I'm much older than you. I can....die as I please.

Thank you for your many lessons Lord Baelish. I will never forget them.

The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. - Old Bear

A child sees an obstacle, and his first thought is to run around it or knock it down. A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.

Nothing. My father is very good at doing nothing. He calls it thinking.

Give me sweet lies, and keep your bitter truths.

It is better to be seen as cruel than foolish.

IT IS SAID with truth that every building is constructed stone by stone, and the same may be said of knowledge, extracted and compiled by many learned men, each of whom builds upon the works of those who preceded him. What one of them does not know is known to another, and little remains truly unknown if one seeks far enough.

Abrir los ojos es lo único necesario. El corazón miente y la mente engaña, pero los ojos ven. Mira con los ojos. Escucha con los oídos. Saborea con la boca. Huele con la nariz. Siente con la piel. Y sólo luego piensa, y así sabrás la verdad.

No," said Bran. "I haven't. And if I have it doesn't matter. Sometimes Old Nan would tell the same story she'd told before, but we never minded, if it was a good story. Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.

Learn to use yours ears more and your mouth less, or your reign will be shorter than I am.

Reading books again? Books will ruin your sword eye, boy.

There is a long league's worth of difference between willful and stupid. - Tywin Lannister

I was not born this morning, Lannister." "No, but you're like to die this afternoon.

His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

How many eyes does Lord Bloodraven have? A thousand eyes and one.

A weirwood will live forever if left undisturbed.