He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENOft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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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.
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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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