Robert Jordan: Man (page 2)

“A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty.”

“A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.”

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

“When a young woman's cheeks redden for no apparent reason, there is usually a man involved.”

“No man should have another man's voice in his head.”

“How people see you first is what they hold hardest in their minds. It is the way of the world. You can step down from a throne], and even if you behave like a farmer in a pigsty, some part in each of them will remember that you did descend from a throne. But if they see only a young man first, a country man, they will resent him stepping up to his throne later, whatever his right, whatever his power.”

“The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.”

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

“Fall in love with a man, and you end up doing laundry, even if it does belong to another man.”

“Never prod at a woman unless you must. She will kill you faster than a man and for less reason, even if she weeps over it after.”

“The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse.”

“A man should never give promises in bed.”

“A ship is alive, and he is like a man, with a true man’s heart. Treat him well and care for him properly, and he will fight for you against the worst sea. He will fight to keep you alive even after the sea has long since given him his own deathstroke. Neglect him, though, ignore the small warnings he gives of danger, and he will drown you in a flat sea beneath a cloudless sky.”

“The best way to apologize to a man is to trip him in a secluded part of the garden.”

“The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.”

“The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.”

“A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.”

“Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble.”

“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.”