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.
J. R. R. TOLKIENIt does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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