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"The wise speak only of what they know." -
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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Top 5 quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien
"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."
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."
"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 is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost."
Top 5 quotes from Wisdom
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history."
"Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
"We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future."
"A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
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