It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI 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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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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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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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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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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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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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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Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
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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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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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