You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSome 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.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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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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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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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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I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
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