It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.
J. R. R. TOLKIENI am in fact, a hobbit in all but size
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
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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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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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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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You have nice manners for a thief and a liar, said the dragon.
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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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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!’
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Sorry! I don’t want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
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I will not walk backward in life.
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But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.
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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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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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All 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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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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