"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed……" — J.R.R. Tolkien
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)"
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756 Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Where iss it, where iss it: my Precious, my Precious? It's ours, it is, and we wants it.
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Splendid! They used to go up like great lilies and snapdragons and laburnums of fire and hang in the twilight…
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He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a…
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or…
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet…
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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a…
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The war made me poignantly aware of the beauty of the world.
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Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love…
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One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be…
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Each of us embodies, in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time & place, universal truth and…
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The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed…
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More Cheerful Quotes
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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy…
— Saint Augustine
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A cheerful frame of mind, reinforced by relaxation... is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run.
— George Matthew Adams
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Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed…
— Henry Adams
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
— Isaac Barrow
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
— Joseph Addison
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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.
— Josh Billings
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Oh yes, there's lots of great food in America. But the fast food is about as destructive and evil as…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's…
— Jo Brand
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
— Lydia M. Child
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You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure…
— Lydia M. Child
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Never hurry. Take plenty of exercise. Always be cheerful. Take all the sleep you need. You may expect to be…
— James Freeman Clarke
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