False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll’s well that ends better.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
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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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Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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