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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Anger Fantasy Quick
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Beyond Memories World
There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Children Food Goodness Kindness Value World
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Fantasy Live
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not wrecked by the frost.
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Gold Lost Old Philosophy Strong
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
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.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Enjoyment Sad Time Yourself
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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Deserve Myself Philosophy Yourself
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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Enough War World
Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Courage Place
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Decision Inspirational Time
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Healing Philosophy Revenge
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
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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Adventure Morning Myself Time Yourself
The wise speak only of what they know
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Knowledge Talk Wisdom
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Beyond Doubt End See
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Change Future Person
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
What does your heart tell you?
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Heart Talk Yourself
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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End One Liner Wisdom
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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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Book Mad Myself Opinion Reading Writing
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Fantasy Yourself
I will not walk backward in life.
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Inspirational Life Myself Walk
The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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Goodness Hope Quite Worry
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
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Morning Yourself

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