The wise speak only of what they know
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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Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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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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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.
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What does your heart tell you?
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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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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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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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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.
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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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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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