Continuation of Collection of WoT Sayings... Any links will take you back to the main listing.
A Crown of Swords, Book VII:
Page 83 Ch.2, The Butcher's Yard
Give an Aes Sedai a finger, and she took your whole arm, unless she decided to take more.
-Perrin's thoughts
Page 92 Ch.2, The Butcher's Yard
Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. And their foolishness.
-Nandera, as if to no one in particular
Page 101 Ch.2, The Butcher's Yard
If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
-Rand
Page 106 Ch.3, Hill of the Golden Dawn
Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking."
-Asha'man Grady to Rand
Page 119 Ch.3, Hill of the Golden Dawn
Women are stranger than drunken wetlanders.
-Gaul, mutterance to Perrin
Page 144 Ch.5, A Broken Crown
A jealous wife is like a hornets' nest in your mattress, no matter how you twitched, you got stung.
-Perrin, in thought
Page 179 Ch.7, Pitfalls and Tripwires
An enemy who comes once, will come again.
-Bael to Rand
Page 180 Ch.7, Pitfalls and Tripwires
When you leap from a cliff it is too late for anything but holding onto your courage. And hoping there's a haywain at the bottom to land in.
-Deira t'Bashere
Page 211 Ch.9, A Pair of Silverpike
The weak must be bold cautiously.
-Siuan, Egwene's thoughts
Page 238 Ch.10, Unseen Eyes
Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
-Bair to Egwene
Page 243 Ch.10, Unseen Eyes
Without men, no woman would have gray hairs.
Egwene to Wise Ones
Page 285 Ch.12, A Morning of Victory
Caution until you're sure, and then a little more caution.
--an old saying that applied very well to any dealings that brushed Aes Sedai.
-Egwene, in thought
Page 287 Ch.12, A Morning of Victory
An ignorant woman who keeps her mouth shut will be thought wise.
-Egwene, in thought
Page 288 Ch.12, A Morning of Victory
Keeping the first secret always means keeping ten more.
Egwene, in thought
Page 324 Ch.13, The Bowl of Winds
A wise woman listens to wise advice.
Aviendha, to Elayne
Page 383 Ch.16 A Touch on the Cheek
A girl or a fight, pouting lips or a flashing blade. Whichever dance you're dancing at the moment s always the most fun.
-Beslan, to Mat
Page 394 Ch.17, The Triumph of Logic
A man is a maze of brambles in darkness, and even he does not know the way.
--Ebou Dari saying
-Mistress Anan, to Mat
Page 407 Ch.18, As the Plow Breaks the Earth
Only a fool thinks a lion or a woman can truly be tamed.
-Rand, in thought
Page 414 Ch.18, As the Plow Breaks the Earth
A woman who knows the danger and isn't afraid is a treasure only a madman would spurn.
-Lews Therin, thoughts in Rands head
Page 443 Ch.20, Patterns Within Patterns
Words alone will not skin the boar, much less kill it.
-Sevanna, to Wise Ones
Page 512 Ch.23, Next Door to a Weaver
The blindest are those who keep their eyes shut.
-Elanye, to Kin
Page 543 Ch.26, The Irrevocable Words
Only fools kiss hornets or bite fire.
-The famous Lini herself, spoken to Tallanvor
Page 575 Ch.28, Bread and Cheese
You squeeze too many melons and you shouldn't be surprised when a rotten one breaks in your hand.
-Mistress Anan to Mat
Page 576 Ch.28, Bread and Cheese
Men teach cats curiosity, but cats keep sense for themselves.
-Mat in thought
Page 617 Ch.30, The First Cup
You never can put honey back in the comb.
-Lini, Elayne's thoughts
Page 707 Ch.35, Into The Woods
Any quarrel can be forgiven, but kings never forget.
-High Lord Darlin to Rand
Page 746 Ch.37. A Note from the Palace
Women keep promises in their own way.
-Mat in thought
Page 790 Ch.39, Promises to Keep
Clips a boy's wings too far, and he will never grow to a proper man.
-Lady Riselle to Mat
Page 829 Ch.41, A Crown of Swords
Men scheme and woman plot, but the Wheel weaves as it will.
---saying from Tear
-Rand in thought
Path of Daggers, Book VIII:
Hard Bound
Page 96 Ch.3, A Pleasant Ride
It's one of those things men are for, taking the blame. They usually deserve it, even if you don't know exactly how.
-Lini, Elayne's thoughts
Page 106 Ch. 4, A Quiet Place
No woman was finished with the White Tower until it was finished with her, but truthfully, once that White Tower touched you, it was never finished.
Unkown, Elayne's thoughts
Page 107 Ch. 4, A Quiet Place
What you order done, you must be willing to do with your own hand. As a queen, what you order done, you have done.
-Morgase, Elayne's thoughts
Even a queen cannot be above the law, or there is no law.
-Morgase, Elayne's thoughts
You can do whatever you wish, child. So long as you're willing to pay the price.
-Lini, Elayne's thoughts
Page 120 Ch. 5, The Breaking Storm
No knife is sharper than a sister's hate.
-Lini, Elayne's thoughts
Page 130 Ch. 5, The Breaking Storm
The Rose Crown is heavier than a mountain, and duty will make you weep, but you must bear and do what must be done.
-Morgase, Elayne's thoughts
Page 182 Ch. 8, A Simple Country Woman
Three things annoy to distractions: a tooth that aches, a shoe that pinches, and a man that chatters.
-Lini, to Perrin
Page 227 Ch. 10, Changes
More fools know Jak Fool than Jak Fool knows.
-Elyas Machera to Perrin
Page 397 Ch. 20, Into Andor
It isn't the stone you see that trips you on your nose.
-Lini, Elayne's thoughts
Page 405 Ch. 20, Into Andor
A secret spoken finds wings.
-Lini, Elayne to Nynaeve
Page 575 Ch. 30, Beginnings
A man always pays sooner or later, with any woman, whether he owes or not.
-Elyas, to Perrin
Winters Heart, Book IX:
Page 157 Ch. 6, The Scent of Madness
Sup from too many dishes, and you deserve a bellyache that'll split you open.
-The Famous Lini herself, spoken to Perrin
Page 218 Ch. 9, A Cup of Tea
A full stomach at midday made for a dull head in the afternoon.
-Elayne, thoughts
Page 491 Ch. 25, Bonds
A man who trusts everyone is a fool, and a man who trusts no one is a fool.
-Lews Therin, insane mental rambling to Rand
Page 506 Ch. 26, Expectation **Advice
A spy is your enemy's tool until you know her, but then she is your tool.
-Queen Morgase, Elayne's thoughts
When you find a spy, wrap him in swaddling, and feed him with a spoon.
-Thom, Elayne's thoughts
Page 520 Ch. 27, To Surprise Queens and Kings **Advice
Sometimes you find yourself outnumbered, with no path to slip away. Always do what your enemy least expects. In that case, you must attack.
-Gareth Bryne, Elayne's thoughts
Page 523 Ch. 27, To Surprise Queens and Kings **Advice
Attack before they know what you are doing, and keep attacking until you rout them or break through.
-Gareth Bryne, Elayne's thoughts
Page 545 Ch. 28, News in a Cloth Sack
When wolfhounds pass by, mice lie quiet or get eaten.
-Queen Tylin, respoken by her son, Beslan to Mat
Page 583 Ch. 31, What the Aelfinn Said
Women are a maze through brairs in the night.
-old saying, Mat's thoughts
Page 605 Ch. 33, Blue Carp Street
Only fools kiss hornets or bite fire.
-Min, spoken to Rand