A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.
A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
Behind one truth there is always yet another.
Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.
Even in a fantasy realm, growing up is accomplished not without cost.
Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.
For each of us comes a time when we must be more than what we are.
For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.
I have learned there is greater honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.
I intend to follow the path of virtue. It will not be overcrowded.
If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.
If I fret over tomorrow, I'll have little joy today.
If life is a loom, the pattern you weave is not so easily unraveled.
If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.
In some cases we learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
Is there not glory enough in living the days given to us? You should know there is adventure in simply being among those we love and the things we love, and beauty, too.
Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?
It is easy to judge evil unmixed. But, alas, in most of us good and bad are closely woven as the threads on a loom; greater wisdom than mine is needed for the judging.".
It is not the trappings that make the prince, nor, indeed, the sword that makes the warrior.
Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
Laws assure animals of protection- formally, officially, set down in black and white. But in the long run, the best protection is the human heart.
Many have pursued honor, and in the pursuit lost more of it than ever they could gain.
Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.
Neither refuse to give help when it is needed nor refuse to accept it when it is offered.
Once you have courage to look upon evil, seeing it for what it is and naming it by its true name, it is powerless against you, and you can destroy it.
Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.
Story, finally, is humanity's autobiography.
The deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.
The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own.
The journey is the treasure.
The more we find to love, the more we add to the measure of our hearts.
The seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.
The task counts more than the one who does it.
There is truth in all things, if you understand them well.
We hold each other's lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.
We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.
We're neither good nor evil. We're simply interested in things as they are.
Well, that is one of the three foundations of learning: see much, study much, suffer much.
What seems to be love beyond any question is usually a simple case of indigestion.
When I was a child I dreamed of adventure, glory, honor in feats of arms. I think now that these things are shadows.
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