The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhere there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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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.
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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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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