Sayings

[PerrinFtw]

I have and I'm sure others have used sayings from the books to people who haven't read them...

 

A couple of times i've mused to myself 'The wheel weaves as the wheel wills' and people have overheard xD

 

Or told my mate "Work with what you had not what you wish you could have" <-- one of Lini's I believe.

 

I FREQUENTLY use "Bloody and bloody ashes" and "Light" haha xD

 

Any others people have used/can come up with?

[RobertAlexWillis]

"Women do not become exhausted, they only exhaust others."

 

Elder Haman is the fount of the wisdom of Ages.

 

And people wonder why I'm not married .... :D

[Guest cwestervelt]

At the same time, mainy of the sayings are similar to and dirived from, if not taken verbatim from our world. Most notably, your blood and bloody ashes being reminiscent of the mild British profanity bloody hell.

 

Examples:

Lan uses something similar too:

http://www.tamu.edu/upress/books/1995/westheim.htm

"...be resolved that duty is heavier that a mountain, while death is lighter than a feather." — First Precept of the Imperial Rescript to Japanese Soldiers and Sailors

 

I think Mat or Rhuarc sometime around the seige of Cairhein:

http://keithdevens.com/quotes/battle-plan

No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy. — Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard von Moltke

http://www.rateitall.com/i-729180-no-plan-of-battle-ever-survives-contact-with-the-enemy-heinz-guderian-attrib.aspx

No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy. - Heinz Guderian

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/no_battle_plan_survives_contact_with_the_enemy/147421.html

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. - Colin Powell

[Guest cwestervelt]

"Women do not become exhausted' date=' they only exhaust others."

 

Elder Haman is the fount of the wisdom of Ages.

 

And people wonder why I'm not married .... :D[/quote']

 

Basically modified from various passages from Proverbs.

[Master of the Blades]

Sa souvraya niende misain ye = I am lost in my own mind.

[vegetattack15]

Verin-I cannot remember the exact wording so I will not use quotations.

 

Prepare for the worst, that way everything is a else is a pleasant surprise.

 

I use this adage in everyday life.

[Thor]

A gift from Adeleas.

 

 

..

 

 

<_<_>

 

okay, so that wasn't a real saying.

 

but my favourite has already been mentioned, death is light than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.

[Fiera Taishar]

haha I say "Light!" all the time in replacement of "God!" I'm waiting for another one to creep up into my vocabulary any time now =]

[RobertAlexWillis]

Basically modified from various passages from Proverbs.

 

Truth remains true, whatever its latest source. :D

[Mercer]

I think Mat or Rhuarc sometime around the seige of Cairhein:

http://keithdevens.com/quotes/battle-plan

No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy. — Field Marshall Helmuth Carl Bernard von Moltke

http://www.rateitall.com/i-729180-no-plan-of-battle-ever-survives-contact-with-the-enemy-heinz-guderian-attrib.aspx

No plan of battle ever survives contact with the enemy. - Heinz Guderian

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/no_battle_plan_survives_contact_with_the_enemy/147421.html

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. - Colin Powell

I think that one is pretty obvious...I've read it in at least half a dozen different books (of different series), not to mention movies and whatnot.

[Lisana]

I use "Sleep well and wake" from the Aiel. It has a nice ring to it :)

[Adrian44]

I am not sure who said it;

 

Women forgive but never forget;Men forget but never forgive.

[Master of the Blades]

The rose petal floats on water,

The kingfisher flashes above th pond,

Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.

[mothersmilkinacup]

I say mayhap more often than I say maybe.

 

I also LOVE the swear words - especially mothers milk in cup. That's PURE GOLD!

[Darthbob]

One that I like is. "Sure as peaches are poison"

I wonder if Aganor(sp) made peaches bad while he was working on the Thrallocs. Or maybe 13 fig trees and 13 maples turned the peaches bad.