The wise speak only of what they know
J. R. R. TOLKIENWhat does your heart tell you?
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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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I wished to be loved by another,’ [Éowyn] answered. ‘But I desire no man’s pity.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings.
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May the hair on your toes never fall out!
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Where there’s life there’s hope.
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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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Fair speech may hide a foul heart.
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I am the friend of bears and the guest of eagles. I am Ringwinner and Luckwearer; and I am Barrel-rider.
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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 does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
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How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
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A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
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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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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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