Continuation of Collection of WoT Sayings... Any links will take you back to the main listing.
The Shadow Rising, Book IV:
Page 16.
"A man will cut off his own hand to get rid of a splinter before asking help from Aes Sedai."
Min's thoughts.
Page 125:
"A weeping women is a bucket with no bottom."
Elayne's thoughts.
Page 126:
Nynaeve was what Lini would have called "a hard patch to hoe."
Elayne's thoughts.
Page 271:
"Poke the meekest dog too often, and he will bite."
Elayne.
Page 289:
"Do not trouble trouble til trouble troubles you."
A saying from the Maule, said by the Amrylin Seat, Siuan Sanche.
Page 303:
"To anger the Ogier and pull down the mountains on your head."
"Anger the Ogier, and you pull the mountains down on your head."
Perrin.
The Fires of Heaven, Book V:
Page 112:
"Luck is a horse to ride like any other."
Mat Cauthon, spoken in the Old Tongue as "Sene sovya caba'donde ain dovienya."
Page 188:
"A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair"
Moiraine, thought.
Page 210:
"A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty."
Elayne, to Nynaeve (A saying of Lini)
Page 219:
"A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run."
Elayne, thought
Page 228:
"Not thinking about a thorn doesn't make it hurt your foot less."
Elayne, thought (One of Lini's favorites)
Page 238/239:
"Caution gets the boat home."
"Caution gets the boat home but sometimes boldness brought back a full hold."
Page 258:
"A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first."
Elayne, spoken to Nynaeve
Page 275:
"If you don't look for the snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you."
Nynaeve, though
Page 301:
"Take what you want, and pay for it."
Moiraine, speech. --Cairhien saying, also used in Tarabon and Saldaea
Page 352:
"A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling."
the famous Lini herself, to Morgase, speech
Page 353:
"When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back."
"Better to face the bear than run from it."
the famous Lini herself, to Morgase, speech
Page 359:
"A fool puts a burr under the sadle before she rides."
the famous Lini herself, to Morgase, speech
Page 445:
"Don't stop pulling oar with the shore in reach."
Siuan, spoken
Page 545:
"You cannot hold the sun down at dawn."
Elayne, spoken to Nynaeve
Page 559:
"Who reaches for the sun will be burned."
Temaile, spoken to Liandrin
Page 617:
"A man is an oak, a woman a willow."
Nynaeve, thought
Page 661:
"Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars."
"Never gamble without knowing a back way out."
Mat, though --memories
Page 666:
"Everything always changes. The Best plan lasts until the first arrow leaves the bow."
Mat, spoken --not really a saying, but it sounds as it should be
Page 729:
"The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to your purse."
"The fox often offers to give the duck its pond."
Rand, spoken to Meilan
Page 761:
"Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
Elayne, spoken to Brigitte and Nynaeve --One of Lini's
Page 792:
"An open sack hides nothing, and an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something."
Elayne, thought --Another of Lini's
Page 811:
"To know two, you must first know one."
Elayne, murmured --Another of Lini's
Page 845:
"Wish and want trip the feet, but is makes the path smoother."
Elayne, thought --Another of Lini's
Page 962:
"A young lion charges quickest, and when you least expect it."
"There's no point letting honey age too long before you eat it."
"It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff."
the famous Lini herself, spoken to Morgase
The Lord of Chaos, Book VI:
Page 54 Prologue: The First Message
"A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey."
the famous Lini herself, spoken to Morgase
Page 59 Prologue: The First Message
"The right medicine always tastes bitter."
the famous Lini herself, spoken to Morgase
Page 77 Ch. 1, Lion on the Hill
"Clutch the bramble, and you will be pricked."
Rand, thought
Page 115 Ch. 3, A Woman's Eyes
"Men believe the worse easily, and women believe it hides something darker."
Rand, thought --Old Two Rivers saying
Page 118 Ch. 3, A Woman's Eyes
"A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife."
Rand, thought --Old Two Rivers saying
Page 143 Ch. 5, A Different Dance
"Dance with her, and she will forgive much; dance well, and she will forgive anything."
Mat, thought --Very old saying
Page 193 Ch. 7, A Matter of Thought
"What can't be changed must be endured."
Elayne, thought --Lini's
Page 212 Ch. 7, A Matter of Thought
"The pike does not always ask the frog's permission before dining."
Elayne, thought --Lini's
Page 268 Ch. 10, A Saying in the Borderlands
"Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather."
Rand, thought --Borderland Saying (Well, DUH MS!)
Page 272 Ch. 10, A Saying in the Borderlands
"A man must know when to retreat from a woman but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her."
Bashere, spoken to Rand
"A young man chases shadows and runs from moonlight, and in the end he stabs himself in the foot with his own spear."
Bael, spoken to Rand
Page 321 Ch. 13, Under the Dust
"If wishes were wings, pigs would fly."
Nynaeve, thought --old saying
Page 336 Ch. 13, Under the Dust
"What you need isn't always what you want."
Page 424 Ch. 18, A Taste of Solitude
"A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat."
Partial, Rand, spoken
Egwene thinks the second half "But nothing for nothing."
Page 451 Ch. 20, From the Stedding
"Women do not become exhausted, they only exhaust others."
Elder Haman, spoken --very old Ogier saying
Page 477 Ch. 22, Heading South
"The general who leads in the front of the battle is a fool."
Mat, thought --Unkown, from another man's memories
Page 510 Ch. 25, Like Lightening and Rain
"Even a queen must obey the law she makes, or there is no law."
Gawyn, spoken to Egwene --from Morgase
Page 524 Ch. 26, Connecting Lines
"Let the dead rest, and care for the living."
Rand, thought
Page 718 Ch. 39, Possibilities
"Fools only listen to themselves."
Elayne, spoken to Egwene and Nynaeve
Page 832 Ch. 47, The Wandering Woman
"An Aes Sedai is ten women in one skin."
Nalesean, spoken --saying in Tear
Page 847 Ch. 48, Leaning on the Knife
"Lean back on your knife and let your tongue go free."
Tylin, spoken to Elayne and Nynaeve --Ebou Dar saying (meaning, essentially 'relax and talk, i won't kill you ... for now')
Page 864 Ch. 49, The Mirror of Mists
"So, cabbage, back with your neck unbroken, not kidnapped and not married."
"A yearling who puts her nose into the wrong den may have her ears bitten off."
Mahiro Shukosa, spoken to Min
Page 943 Ch. 54, The Sending
"Seeing the wolf."
Perrin, thought --Cairhein saying, meaning someone is familiar with fighting
Page 951 Ch. 54, The Sending
"The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel."
Perrin, thought --old saying