Robert Jordan Quote Explained: Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.

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

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

- Robert Jordan

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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

- Robert Jordan

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A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

- Robert Jordan

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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.

- Robert Jordan

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Always something new, always something I didn’t expect, and sometimes it isn’t horrible.

- Robert Jordan

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It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.

- Robert Jordan

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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

- Robert Jordan

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

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

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

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

Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear; cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.

Always something new, always something I didn’t expect, and sometimes it isn’t horrible.

It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.

Journalism encourages haste … and haste is the enemy of art.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends.

It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.

Time will be your friend or your enemy; it will promote you or expose you.

You changed the rules of the universe when you fell in love with the enemy.

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

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

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