Tamriel Data:Imperial Proverbs

Book Information Imperial Proverbs
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Imperial Proverbs

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[A collection of moralizing sayings and aphorisms from across Cyrodiil, illustrating various aspects from the worldview of the common Imperial.]

Do not mistake red for ripe.

By the color of their silk will you know friend from foe.

Give to the Emperor that which belongs to the Emperor by right.

As a lamp lights up a dark room, so does law shine upon the people.

As with red dye, the first coloring is never lost.

Blessed forever are they who are blessed from the first hour.

Beware the saint who knows no patron.

The pilgrim purchases divinity by walking the correct road, which has been prepared for him in advance.

Heed the jungle, crouched in hostility.

A blind man eats until he is sated, for he cannot see the feast before him.

Beware he who builds his house with the words of another.

If three men claim to have seen a tiger in the market, a tiger there will be.

The wound of the knife will heal, but not that of the tongue.

Better a cunning foe than a foolish friend.

A broken blade, when kept in its sheath, can still keep enemies at bay.

Measure all you posses, even that which you throw away.

The word "rice" has never filled a belly.

There is a hole in every law.

Profit is also what you carry from a burning house.

Poison and wine pass through the same throat.

There is no work for a coutal in a silkhouse.

The runner may be fast, but the jungle is deep.

A jug of wine can work more miracles than a temple full of saints.

A drawn sword is the greatest shield.

Wisdom is a coin not easily stolen.

Better to die as a beggar than to live as one.

If you cannot speak, don't show your tongue.

He who excuses himself, accuses himself.

If the wood doesn't burn, throw it back into the jungle.

When one generation eats with much salt, the next will thirst for water.

A man's tongue has the power to cleave the world.