J. R. R. Tolkien: "Never say that marriage has more of joy..."

About J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and academic philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955).

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Courage is found in unlikely places.

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If the divine creator has taken pains to give us delicious and exquisite things to eat, the least we can do is prepare them well and serve them with ceremony.

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Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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His rage passes description—the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk who have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but have never before used or wanted.

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Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.

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Never say that marriage has more of joy than pain.

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