It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
J. R. R. TOLKIENShort cuts make long delays.
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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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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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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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All’s well that ends better.
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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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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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The road goes ever on and on
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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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