The world is full enough of hurts and mischance without wars to multiply them.

Quote by JRR Tolkien

Topics: Chance Quotes, War Quotes

They shall sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall not come forth until...

They shall sleep now in the darkness under stone, and shall not come forth until...

The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot...

The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you...

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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

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

Handsome is as handsome does.

Handsome is as handsome does.

What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it...

What do you mean? Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it...

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

We are a plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures.

The wise speak only of what they know.

The wise speak only of what they know.

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or...

His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or...

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find...

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find...

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door....

Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door....

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and...

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and...

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it...

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it...

The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm...

The wise speak only of what they know, Grima son of Galmod. A witless worm...

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and prohibition turns one reader...

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.