He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIENAll 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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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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I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.’
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And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.
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It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future
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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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Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, toothless bites, mouthless mutters.
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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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There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.
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So 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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