Robert Jordan - Fool Quotes

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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.

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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.

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The lions sing and the hills take flight.
The moon by day, and the sun by night.
Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool.
Let the Lord of Chaos rule.

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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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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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It seems to me that kings — and queens — can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they're worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.

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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.

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Rand al'Thor is a mule-headed, stone-willed fool of a... a... a man!

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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes.

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When a woman plays the fool, look for the man. That was one of Lini's favorites. Another was, Kittens tangle your yarn, men tangle your wits, and it's simple as breathing for both.

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Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

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The woman learns nothing. The Aes Sedai we served in the Age of Legends could not have been such fools.

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A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.

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Light! Two [wives]! Oh, burn me! He's the luckiest man in the world or the biggest fool since creation.

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Men fight when they should run, and fools fight when they should run. But I had no need to say it twice.

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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.

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We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often. Since you seem to have finished breakfast, I suggest you rid yourself of that mug and find something to do before you find yourself in hot water instead. Have you ever considered cutting your hair short? No matter. Off with you.

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A fool puts a burr under the saddle before she rides.

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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.

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Now. When the poor blind fool they've chosen out for their Amyrlin gets here, I will do the talking. She can't be very bright, or they'd never have been able to shove her into the job. Amyrlin Seat for a bloody village in the middle of bloody nowhere. You keep your mouths shut and curtsy for all you're worth, and I'll pull your bacon off the coals again.

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Remember, you fool! Remember your futile attack on Great Lord of the Dark! Remember his counterstroke! Remember! Even now the Hundred Companions are tearing the world apart, and every day a hundred men more join them. What hand slew Ilyena Sunhair, Kinslayer? Not mine. Not mine. What hand struck down every life that bore a drop of your blood, everyone who loved you, everyone you loved? Not mine, Kinslayer. Not mine. Remember, and know the price of opposing Shai'tan!

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