He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThe world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.
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And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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