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| text = Lose your questions and you will find your answers. | | text = Lose your questions and you will find your answers. | ||
| − | | source = Riven Manual | + | | source = [[Riven: The Sequel to Myst|Riven]] Manual |
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| text = The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds. | | text = The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds. | ||
| − | | source = Old Cyan homepage | + | | source = Old Cyan homepage<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065339/http://www.cyan.com:80/ Cyan - Changing Our Worlds]", Cyan homepage, accessed November 15, 2020. Archived from [http://www.cyan.com/ the original] on August 15, 2000.</ref> |
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| text = The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient. | | text = The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient. | ||
| − | | source = Book of Ti'ana | + | | source = [[Book of Ti'ana]] |
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| text = To live in the past is to die in the present. | | text = To live in the past is to die in the present. | ||
| − | | source = Atrus' | + | | source = Atrus' personal journal<ref>Atrus. ''[[Reference:Atrus, personal journal (Riven)|Personal journal]]''. [[Riven: The Sequel to Myst]].</ref> |
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| text = A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It seeks only to grow. | | text = A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It seeks only to grow. | ||
| − | | source = RAWA | + | | source = [[RAWA]] |
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| text = Between guessing and knowing is a long dark tunnel. | | text = Between guessing and knowing is a long dark tunnel. | ||
| − | | source = Kahlis, The Book of Ti'ana | + | | source = [[Kahlis]], The Book of Ti'ana |
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| text = Gaining one's freedom is but the first step to achieving it. | | text = Gaining one's freedom is but the first step to achieving it. | ||
| − | | source = Gat, The Book of D'ni | + | | source = [[Gat]], [[Myst: The Book of D'ni|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. | | text = Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple. | ||
| − | | source = DRC Homepage | + | | source = DRC Homepage<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040615164618if_/http://drcsite.org/ To D'ni]", DRC Homepage, accessed October 11, 2020. Archived from [http://drcsite.org/ the original] on June 15, 2004.</ref> |
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[[Category:Prophecies and proverbs]] | [[Category:Prophecies and proverbs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:04, 15 November 2020
These proverbs have been sourced from a number of locations, including some that are no longer available.
Proverbs[edit]
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[1]
The rock is hard, the rock-biter is patient.
To live in the past is to die in the present.
— Atrus' personal journal[2]
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.
Every journey is simply a series of steps, but the first step is not always simple.
— DRC Homepage[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cyan - Changing Our Worlds", Cyan homepage, accessed November 15, 2020. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000.
- ↑ Atrus. Personal journal. Riven: The Sequel to Myst.
- ↑ "To D'ni", DRC Homepage, accessed October 11, 2020. Archived from the original on June 15, 2004.
