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| text = Lose your questions and you will find your answers. | |||
| source = Riven Manual | |||
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| text = The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds. | |||
| source = Old Cyan homepage | |||
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| text = The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient. | |||
| source = Book of Ti'ana | |||
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| text = To live in the past is to die in the present. | |||
| source = Atrus' Journal in Riven | |||
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A Tree falls; a page arises. | |||
A scarab is captured; ink is released. | |||
Life is taken; an Age is given. | |||
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| source = D'niGuild.com | |||
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| text = A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It seeks only to grow. | |||
| source = RAWA | |||
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| text = The head is hard, the rock is harder | |||
| source = D'niGuild.com | |||
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| text = The branches of the Great Tree grow without end, yet the Maker knows them all. | |||
| source = D'niGuild.com | |||
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| text = Time teaches many things. It is the rock in which we bore. | |||
| source = Book of Ti'ana (p14, hardback) | |||
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| text = Between guessing and knowing is a long dark tunnel. | |||
| source = Kahlis, The Book of Ti'ana | |||
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Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple. | {{quote | ||
| text = Gaining one's freedom is but the first step to achieving it. | |||
| source = Gat, The Book of D'ni | |||
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| text = Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple. | |||
| source = DRC Homepage | |||
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Revision as of 17:20, 11 October 2020
These proverbs have been sourced from a number of locations, including some that are no longer available.
Proverbs
Lose your questions and you will find your answers.
— Riven Manual
The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.
— Old Cyan homepage
The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient.
— Book of Ti'ana
To live in the past is to die in the present.
— Atrus' Journal in Riven
A Tree falls; a page arises.
A scarab is captured; ink is released.
Life is taken; an Age is given.— D'niGuild.com
A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It seeks only to grow.
— RAWA
The head is hard, the rock is harder
— D'niGuild.com
The branches of the Great Tree grow without end, yet the Maker knows them all.
— D'niGuild.com
Time teaches many things. It is the rock in which we bore.
— Book of Ti'ana (p14, hardback)
Between guessing and knowing is a long dark tunnel.
— Kahlis, The Book of Ti'ana
Gaining one's freedom is but the first step to achieving it.
— Gat, The Book of D'ni
Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple.
— DRC Homepage