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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.
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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.
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Death Deserve Judgement Life Live
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.
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Growth Healing Love Myself
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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Dragon Himself Leave Live Myself
I am he that buries his friends alive and drowns them and draws them alive again from the water. I came from the end of a bag, but no bag went over me.
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Alive End Friendship Himself Myself
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
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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Darkness End Hope
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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Moon Sun Walk Wings Yourself
From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.
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Break Light Power Wake Up
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path. One that we all must take.
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Death End Journey Path
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
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Darkness Faith Himself Road
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
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 we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Decision Inspirational Time
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.
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Philosophy World Yourself

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