He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENMay the hair on your toes never fall out!
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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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.
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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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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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