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Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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. TOLKIEN

Deserve Myself Philosophy Yourself
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Fantasy Live
I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Fantasy Myself
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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Death Horror Spiritual Time
The road goes ever on and on
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Road Travel
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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End One Liner Wisdom
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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Dream Himself Season See Strange Time Vision Wild
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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Mad Myself Yourself
Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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Fake Heart Hide Talk
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Courage Place
The wise speak only of what they know
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Knowledge Talk Wisdom
A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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Fairytale Safety True World
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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Death Deserve End Himself Judgement Life Live Wisdom
Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Greatness See Tree Wake Up

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