False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIENThen 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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Don’t go where I can’t follow!
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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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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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Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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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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Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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The wise speak only of what they know
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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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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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