If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI 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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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.
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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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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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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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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There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go.
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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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