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J. R. R. Tolkien

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.
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Fantasy Live
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
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Anger Fantasy Quick
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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Break Light Power Wake Up
He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Break Himself Path Wisdom
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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Deserve Myself Philosophy Yourself
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
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Food Gold Happiness Value World
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
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Darkness Forget Grief Heart Himself Teaching Wisdom
It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.
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Art Enemy Goodness Sick
You can only come to the morning through the shadows.
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Morning Yourself
The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.
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Goodness Hope Quite Worry
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
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Job Philosophy Start
May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.
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Moon Sun Walk Wings Yourself
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.
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Death Horror Spiritual Time
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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Gold Lost Old Philosophy Strong
I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Evil Myself Tears
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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Book Mad Myself Opinion Reading Writing

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