Never laugh at live dragons.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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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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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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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
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The wise speak only of what they know
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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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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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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