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On the heights, the paths are paved with daggers. (Robert Jordan)
You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone. View quote
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You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man. View quote
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow. View quote
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you. View quote
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A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing. View quote
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Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is. View quote
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There is some delight in ale and wine And some in girls with ankles fine But my delight, yes always mine Is to dance with Jak O' the Shadows We will toss the dice however they fall And snuggle the girls be they short or tall Then follow lord Mat whenever he calls To dance with Jak O' the Shadows. View quote
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To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done. View quote
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Never gamble without knowing a back way out. View quote
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Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes. (Robert Jordan)
Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are. View quote
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Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die. View quote
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Better ten days of love than years of regretting. View quote
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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman. View quote
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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness. View quote
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What woman could I hate enough to marry her to the Dragon Reborn? View quote
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon. View quote
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A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty. View quote
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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her. View quote
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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves. (Robert Jordan)
Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they're well too soon, with the same result. View quote
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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh. View quote
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten. View quote
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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often. View quote
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Robert Jordan

Occupation: American Writer
Born: October 17, 1948
Died: September 16, 2007
Quotes count: 315
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