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The Wise Man's Fear (2011)
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So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I had made. Setting down a dirty utensil was considered crude, for example. That meant it was perfectly acceptable to lick one's knife clean. In fact, if you didn't want to dirty your napkin it was the only seemly thing to do.
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Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn't talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.
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It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear,
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There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
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The cost of a loaf is a simple thing, and so a loaf is often sought, but some things are past valuing: laughter, land, and love are never bought.
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Nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
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It is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.
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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.
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