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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

J. R. R. Tolkien

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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Goodness Hope Quite Worry
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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Alone Memories Old Pay Wife Wisdom
I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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Myself Revenge
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
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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Decision Inspirational Time
Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.
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Mad Myself Yourself
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Body Spirit Strength
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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Beyond Doubt End See
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
Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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Animal Death Voice Wings
You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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Fantasy Yourself
The road goes ever on and on
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Road Travel
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
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Born Hope
And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Deep Forget History Knowledge Lost

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

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