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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.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led. And through the air, I am he that walks unseen.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Himself Myself Path See Walk
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.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Death Deserve Judgement Life Live
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Beyond Doubt End See
The wise speak only of what they know
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Knowledge Talk Wisdom
Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles.
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Hope Life Need
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Break Himself Path Wisdom
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Darkness Forget Grief Heart Himself Teaching Wisdom
And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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Change Future Person
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Fantasy Hairs
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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Gold Lost Old Philosophy Strong
I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Feeling Myself
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.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Death Deserve End Himself Judgement Life Live Wisdom
The road goes ever on and on
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

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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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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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