Tyrion Lannister on clarity, patience, and the kind of knowing that only comes with time, distilled into a single line: "I try to know as many people as I can. You never know which one you'll need.". It is one of the more shared lines in our wisdom collection, and for good reason.

Wisdom quotes are usually not loud. They are the lines you come back to quietly, years after first reading them. Keeping one visible on your phone is a way of slowly letting a useful idea become part of how you think.

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