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

J. R. R. Tolkien

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. J. R. R. Tolkien

Deep, Strong, Old

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

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

Wait, New, Still

Not all those who wander are lost. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Not all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. Tolkien

Lost, Wander, Those

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J. R. R. Tolkien

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

Time, Decide, Given

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. - J. R. R. Tolkien

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. J. R. R. Tolkien

Started, Never, Longest

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

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

Food, Song, More

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. J. R. R. Tolkien

World, Wide, About

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. J. R. R. Tolkien

Faith, Road, He

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. J. R. R. Tolkien

Strength, Been, Use

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. J. R. R. Tolkien

Deserve, Like, Half

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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. - J. R. R. Tolkien

A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. J. R. R. Tolkien

Golden, Hid, Lid

Myth and fairy-story must, as all art, reflect and contain in solution elements of moral and religious truth (or error), but not explicit, not in the known form of the primary 'real' world. J. R. R. Tolkien

Art, Contain, Religious

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. J. R. R. Tolkien

Die, Give, Some

Courage is found in unlikely places. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Courage is found in unlikely places. J. R. R. Tolkien

Courage, Places, Unlikely

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen. - J. R. R. Tolkien

A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen. J. R. R. Tolkien

The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link. J. R. R. Tolkien

Original, Sentence, Very

I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them. J. R. R. Tolkien

Stupid, Been, Inhabitants

Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. J. R. R. Tolkien

Business, Go, Big

Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention on to any little corner of it, the received notions and ideas seem to crumple up and fall to pieces - as far as language goes, at any rate. J. R. R. Tolkien

Language, Soon, Almost

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. J. R. R. Tolkien

Anger, Subtle, Quick

It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly. J. R. R. Tolkien

Folly, May, Rebuke

I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. J. R. R. Tolkien

Dislike, Use, Explain

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their ending! J. R. R. Tolkien

Ending, Snow, Even

Short cuts make long delays. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Short cuts make long delays. J. R. R. Tolkien

Short, Delays, Make

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. J. R. R. Tolkien

Dragon, Leave, Does

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. - J. R. R. Tolkien

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. J. R. R. Tolkien

Will, Yes, Counsel

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