J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised."
Middle Earth quotes
Middle Earth
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J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"Over hill and under hill"
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"The wise speak only of what they know"
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me."
J. R. R. Tolkien
Novelist, Scholar
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."
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"It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope."
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