Art Quote by Robert Jordan

Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.

— Robert Jordan

“Oaths be of the heart, and he that breaketh them in open fact is oft, as now, no breaker in truth, for already were…

— E.R. Eddison

“It's good enough. It has to be, doesn't it? You see, lad, Aes Sedai are tricksome. They don't lie, not right out, but the…

— Robert Jordan

On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day…

— Robert Jordan

“Against an oath; the truth thou art unsure.”

— Shakespeare

There was a distinction between lying and telling half-truths, but it was a very narrow one.

— Alexander McCall Smith

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

— Ivan Panin

“Those clouds above formed a pattern that looked familiar. Black on white, white on black. It's the symbol, she realized with a start. The…

— Robert Jordan

Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to…

— William Penn

“A trial relied heavily on oaths, but both sides would bring as many liars as they could muster, and judgment usually went to the…

— Bernard Cornwell

Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true.

— William Shakespeare

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

— Samuel Butler