Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENFor even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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The road goes ever on and on
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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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May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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 am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
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For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
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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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