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May Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Touching your cap to the Squire may be damn bad for the Squire, but it's damn good for you.
- 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…
- Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over…
- And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you I have prepared…
- My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. There is only…
- A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and…
- The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to do such work…
- Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
- Frodo drew himself up, and again Sam was startled by his words and his stern voice. 'On the Precious? How dare you?' he said. 'Think!…
- But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must…
- Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought…
- Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope…
- Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate And though I oft have passed them by A day will…
- We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true…
- The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may…
- A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
- Journey’s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The merry finches sing.…
- Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many…
- Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away ere break of day Over the…
- 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…
- Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!
- 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…
- That is the purpose for which you are called hither. Called, is say, though I have not called you to me, strangers from distant lands.…
- Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those…
- May the hair on your toes never fall out!
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong