It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. TOLKIENCome, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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The road goes ever on and on
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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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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Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. But no living man am I!
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False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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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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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
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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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I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
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It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Never laugh at live dragons.
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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.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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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 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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