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“I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

— John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

“I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

— John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

John Stuart Mill Quote: “I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.”

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1. “Death is lighter than a feather, but Duty is heavier than a mountain.”

— Robert Jordan

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2. “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”

— Robert Jordan

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3. “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”

— Robert Jordan

4. “Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.”

— Robert Jordan

5. “Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. – Mat Cauthon.”

— Robert Jordan

6. “There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.”

— Robert Jordan

7. “We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.”

— Robert Jordan

8. “The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.”

— Robert Jordan

9. “The wheel weaves as the wheel wills.”

— Robert Jordan

10. “You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.”

— Robert Jordan

11. “Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.”

— Robert Jordan

12. “The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.”

— Robert Jordan

13. “Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.”

— Robert Jordan

14. “Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you’re alive.”

— Robert Jordan

15. “He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.”

— Robert Jordan

16. “We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.”

— Robert Jordan

17. “I can rest when I’m dead.”

— Robert Jordan

18. “He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”

— Robert Jordan

19. “Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.”

— Robert Jordan

20. “The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.”

— Robert Jordan

21. “May you shelter in the palm of the Creator’s hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.”

— Robert Jordan

22. “Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”

— Robert Jordan

23. “Better ten days of love than years of regretting.”

— Robert Jordan

24. “Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”

— Robert Jordan

25. “As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.”

— Robert Jordan

26. “The Golden Crane flies for Tarmon Gai’don!”

— Robert Jordan

27. “Come to think of it, an Aes Sedai would probably follow a man off a cliff, too, if only to explain to him – in detail – all the things he was doing incorrectly in the way he went about killing himself.”

— Robert Jordan

28. “Sleep well and wake, Rand al’Thor.”

— Robert Jordan

29. “Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind.”

— Robert Jordan

30. “If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.”

— Robert Jordan

31. “If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

— Robert Jordan

32. “What can’t be changed must be endured.”

— Robert Jordan

33. “The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

— Robert Jordan

34. “The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.”

— Robert Jordan

35. “You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.”

— Robert Jordan

36. “I’m a gambler, a farmboy, and I’m here to take command of your bloody army! – Mat Cauthon.”

— Robert Jordan

37. “There are things worth fighting for.”

— Robert Jordan

38. “A pig painted gold is still a pig.”

— Robert Jordan

39. “Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.”

— Robert Jordan

40. “A beautiful battle is one you don’t have to fight.”

— Robert Jordan

41. “Never gamble without knowing a back way out.”

— Robert Jordan

42. “The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man’s life turn alike without pity or mercy.”

— Robert Jordan

43. “I will hate the man you choose because he isn’t me, and love him if he makes you smile.”

— Robert Jordan

44. “In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.”

— Robert Jordan

45. “A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.”

— Robert Jordan

46. “Care for the living. I’ll weep for the dead later. – Perrin Aybara.”

— Robert Jordan

47. “In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping.”

— Robert Jordan

48. “Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.”

— Robert Jordan

49. “Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.”

— Robert Jordan

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50. “Often you don’t know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.”

— Robert Jordan

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