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Favorite J R R Tolkien Quotes

1. "Not all those who wander are lost." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
2. "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
3. "Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
4. "Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
5. "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." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
6. "Courage is found in unlikely places." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
7. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
8. "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
9. "'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'" ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
10. "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
11. "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
12. "Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
13. "A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
14. "A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
15. "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." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
16. "A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
17. "If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien
18. "I don't like allegories." ~ J. R. R. Tolkien

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