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What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.
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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
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You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.
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