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Nor Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of…
- And it is not always good to be healed in body. Nor is it always evil to die in battle, even in bitter pain. Were…
- A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and…
- War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its…
- What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.
- 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…
- 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.…
- Eomer said, 'How is a man to judge what to do in such times?' As he has ever judged,' said Aragorn. 'Good and evil have…
- Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides…
- Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!…
- I would have things as they were in all the days of my life . . . and in the days of my longfathers before…
- For victory is victory, however small, nor is its worth only from what follows from it.
- In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy…
- And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music…
- Nay! Alas for us all! And for all that walk in the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find…
- And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again; and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness,…
- Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our hills there are flowers fair and bright, and…
- Haldir had gone on and was now climbing to the high flet. As Frodo prepared to follow him, he laid his hand upon the tree…
- I stand in Minas Anor, the Tower of the Sun; and behold! the Shadow has departed! I will be a Shieldmaiden no longer, nor vie…
- I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and…
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- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and… — David Attenborough
- A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. — Saint Augustine
- Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it. — Marcus Aurelius