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.
-Elayne, 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