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J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes


An English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

Here are some famous quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. 

The wise speak only of what they know.

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In doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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 soulmate is the one you are actually married to.