Robert Jordan quote: I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, ...

I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

~ Robert Jordan ~

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