He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDeserves 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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His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.
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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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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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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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Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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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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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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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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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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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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