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It is folly for an eminent person to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected by it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age, have passed through this fiery persecution. There is no defense against reproach but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

Little by little, one travels far.

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it.

There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end.

Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.

Not all who wander are lost.

Little by little, one travels far.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.

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

It's a dangerous business going out your front door.

I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.

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.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.

'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.'

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.

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

The treacherous are ever distrustful.

The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last... The great battle of our time.

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.

Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.

Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise.

Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue.

The deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

I love you. I used to pity your sorrow. But now, were you sorrowless, without fear or any lack, still i would love you.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

For though I do not ask for aid, we need it.

He should not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking, best, or a pleasant mixture of them all.

What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good on this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?

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.

All that we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.

The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure.

Their plans were improved with the best advice.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist knows it.