A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
J. R. R. TOLKIENSo comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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I am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
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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.
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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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I am the clue-finder, the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number.
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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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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Short cuts make long delays.
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The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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The road goes ever on and on
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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All’s well that ends better.
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I will not walk backward in life.
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