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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
