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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Caution
Forgotten
Often

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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man.
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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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We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.
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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
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The wheel weaves as the wheel wills
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Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
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A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.
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May Your Swords Stay Sharp! - Lan Pendragon
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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
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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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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining.
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Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
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