In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAdvice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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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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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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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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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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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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You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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