Elderly Sensei/Quotes
I am not faster than you - you are faster than me! It's just that I move while you are still thinking of moving. —An Elderly Sensei, to a martial arts student
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Age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill. —Fencer's Adage
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I rely not so much on the wisdom of age as on the overconfidence of youth. |
Let me show you how we brought the pain in my day! —Jetfire, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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I have forgotten more of the Art than you shall... ever... know! —Ravel, Planescape: Torment
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Never act incautiously when confronted by a little bald wrinkly smiling man! —Lu-Tze, Thief of Time, Rule One
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A person of invariable knowledge, wisdom and perspective. They may not look much, being old decrepit men whose chief personality is "Beard" - but one thing is for sure: They can kill you eight ways from Sunday and still make it back in time for reruns of the Rockford Files. Sadly, one thing is always for sure: They will always inexplicably die or disappear right when you could actually use them. |
—Ti Kwon Leep, The Frantics
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Amaranthae Auglamyr: (upon discovery that her cousin's hobbies aren't that big a secret) Do you elders know everything? —Elminster In Myth Drannor by Ed Greenwood.
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