Robert Jordan on Wisdom
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Robert Jordan, catalogued under wisdom, with dates where available.
This page displays 9 quotations attributed to Robert Jordan and filed under "wisdom" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Robert Jordan, entry #23729: "A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her."
Attributed to Robert Jordan, entry #66860: "We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often."
9 Quotes by Robert Jordan on Wisdom
"A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her."
"We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often."
"Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path."
"The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps."
"Better to try understanding the sun than a woman."
"You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway."
"You'll use it , boy, and as long as you hate using it, you would use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way."
"We are going to tickle some Aes Sedai under the chin, rescue a mule, and put a snip-nosed girl on the Lion Throne. Oh, yes. That's Aviendha. Don't look at her crosswise, or she'll try to cut your throat and probably slit her own by mistake."
"I have heard it said that a man caught between his wife and a Wise One often wishes for a dozen old enemies to fight instead. A man caught between a wife and three Wise Ones, and the wife a Wise One herself, must consider trying to slay Sightblinder."