John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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Biography : English writer, poet, philologist and academic.
Born: 1892 - Died: 1973
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: South Africa

South Africa

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - Quotes

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings /

Courage is found in unlikely places.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings /

courage

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings /

work

The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings /

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

wisdom

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings /

star

Never laugh at live dragons.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Hobbit /

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

anger

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien