J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes - Famous Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
Born: 1892-01-03
Died: 1973-09-02
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Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
- J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
- J. R. R. Tolkien.
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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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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.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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It's a dangerous business going out your front door.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
- J. R. R. Tolkien
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