Proverbs

From MYSTlore

This is a list of known D'ni proverbs.

• The rock is hard. The rock cutter is patient.^[1]
• A Tree falls; a page arises.

A scarab is captured; ink is released.

Life is taken; and Age is given.^[2]

• A seedling does not attempt to replace a tree that went before it. It only seeks to grow.^[3]
• The branches of the Great Tree grow without end, yet the Maker knows them all.^[4]
• The reader is entertained by the journey of another, but the writer is the changer of worlds.^[5]
• khahpo rezuhnuh rildolgelenij gahth ^{(Perhaps the ending has not yet been written.)[6]}
• reatinorokh re ter kenen t'ahlon roob regerahnokh re ter kenen t'nayon ^{(The ??? of the tree is in its ??? but the ??? of the tree is in its root.)}

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