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A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

J. R. R. Tolkien

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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End Fantasy Snow
Short cuts make long delays.
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Inspirational One Liner Success
It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
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Healing Philosophy Revenge
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
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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Himself Kiss Romantic Sky
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
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Darkness Greatness Grief Growth Love Place World
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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Fun Path Remember Safety Wild World
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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Friendship Man Trust
I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Myself Revenge
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
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Danger Fear Hope
I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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Fantasy Myself
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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Enough War World
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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Deserve Myself Philosophy Yourself
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
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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End One Liner Wisdom
There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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Mystery Philosophy Quite Yourself
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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Feeling Goodness Morning Myself Yourself
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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Death Deserve Judgement Life Live
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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Gold Lost Travel
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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Book Mad Myself Opinion Reading Writing
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.
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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
Come, Mr. Frodo!’ he cried. ‘I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.
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Carry Fantasy Himself Romantic Yourself
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
All’s well that ends better.
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End One Liner
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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Fantasy Friendship Myself

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