The wise speak only of what they know
J. R. R. TOLKIENCome, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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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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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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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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I will not walk backward in life.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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 is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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