J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

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J. R. R. Tolkien

Profession : Novelist

Birth : January 3, 1892

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.

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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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

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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 reached by the frost.

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All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

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Courage is found in unlikely places.

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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

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Short cuts make long delays.

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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

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I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.

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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.

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Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

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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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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.

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Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

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The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.

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So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending!

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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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