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- But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word…
- We were born in a dark age out of due time (for us). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so…
- The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And…
- The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician…
- There was a solemn article in the local paper seriously advocating systematic exterminating of the entire German nation as the only proper course after military…
- Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in this land, no…
- 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…
- '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.'
- Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the…
- Still, I wonder if we shall ever be put into songs or tales. We're in one, of course; but I mean: put into words, you…
- It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those…
- 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…
- My dear Frodo!’ exclaimed Gandalf. ‘Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about…
- I don't know, and I would rather not guess.
- Saruman," I said, standing away from him, "only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not…
- If you want to know what cram is, I can only say that I don’t know the recipe; but it is biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely,…
- And that's the way of a real tale. Take any one that you're fond of. You may know, or guess, what kind of a tale…
- The wise speak only of what they know
- Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where…
- It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance…
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