Proverbs, Adages, Aphorisms, Saws, Wise Sayings & Clichés - Page 14 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 01-23-2006, 01:44 PM

Thank you, Nilpaurion

Quote:

False hopes are more dangerous than fears

(I hope I haven't used that one before)

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-15-2006, 04:05 AM

Sador, to Túrin, about the chair Sador made for Húrin.

Guinevere · 02-15-2006, 02:46 PM

Yep, that's one of Sador's wisdoms.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-16-2006, 04:41 AM

Okay, part of a quote. Giving the whole thing would make it too easy.

'tis evil in the Wild to fare.

Dimturiel · 02-16-2006, 10:33 AM

Quote:

when pools are black and trees are bare,/ 'tis evil in the wild to fare.

Bilbo to Frodo in Rivendell.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-17-2006, 12:42 AM

Your turn.

Dimturiel · 02-17-2006, 04:20 AM

Quote:

counsels are best

There you go!

Guinevere · 02-19-2006, 09:38 AM

Hm, that's very short!
Is this perhaps part of this "proverb":

"In the morning counsels are best and night changes many thoughts." ?

If yes, it is said by Theoden to Hirgon, in "The Muster of Rohan".

Dimturiel · 02-19-2006, 12:34 PM

That's the one.

Guinevere · 02-19-2006, 12:54 PM

Thank you, Dimturiel!

Quote:

More haste less speed

Nilpaurion Felagund · 02-19-2006, 06:32 PM

Climbing down Emyn Muil after Frodo and Sam!

Guinevere · 02-20-2006, 01:28 PM

Yes, well done, Nilp.!

Guinevere · 04-26-2006, 10:16 AM

It would be a pity to let this thread die, so here is another cliché:

Quote:

Dark for dark business!

littlemanpoet · 04-28-2006, 09:06 AM

Maybe you could clue me (and others?) into how this works?

Guinevere · 04-28-2006, 01:40 PM

If you browse through some previous posts you can easily see that it works like most of these "Quotable quotes" threads: you have to find out who said this to whom and when.
If your answer is correct, you write the next quote (in this thread it's all about "proverbs" or clichés, from any of Tolkien's works. Well, up to now, we've only used quotes from LotR, Hobbit, Silm, U.T.)
Good luck!

littlemanpoet · 04-28-2006, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guinevere

It would be a pity to let this thread die, so here is another cliché:

Bilbo walking down the tunnel to Smaug's lair?

Guinevere · 04-29-2006, 08:34 AM

wrong guess, sorry!
It's not Bilbo who says this, but the quote is indeed from "The Hobbit".

Firefoot · 04-29-2006, 11:42 AM

That would be the Dwarves to Bilbo, at the Unexpected Party.

Guinevere · 04-29-2006, 01:15 PM

when Bilbo wants to sneak away to get some light

Firefoot · 04-29-2006, 01:22 PM

Try this:

Quote:

"Cold hearts may not kindle others to give them warmth at their goings and comings."

Nilpaurion Felagund · 05-01-2006, 09:19 PM

Aldarion, to Tar-Meneldur.

Firefoot · 05-15-2006, 02:16 PM

Correct you are, and sorry for the delay!

Nilpaurion Felagund · 06-09-2008, 07:02 PM

Something simple then:

[ . . . ]take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art.

Nerwen · 06-14-2008, 07:38 AM

Mandos to Fëanor, when banishing him from Tirion.

(But isn't that just an ordinary quote?)

Nilpaurion Felagund · 06-14-2008, 07:41 AM

Well, it does sound 'wise' to me. Don't you agree.

Yours is the thread.

Nerwen · 06-14-2008, 07:51 AM

Well, fair enough, then. Don't mind me, I'm a chronic nitpicker.

Okay:

A treacherous weapon is ever a danger to the hand.

Guinevere · 06-19-2008, 12:49 PM

Gandalf about Saruman to Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn (in "The white Rider")

Nerwen · 06-19-2008, 05:37 PM

You have it, Guinevere.

Guinevere · 06-20-2008, 02:40 PM

Thanks!

"The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards."

Dimturiel · 06-21-2008, 11:29 AM

Faramir to Sam in Henneth Annun.

Guinevere · 06-23-2008, 12:14 PM

Exactly!

Dimturiel · 06-23-2008, 12:47 PM

Thanks.

Quote:

Rede oft is found at the rising of the Sun

Guinevere · 07-01-2008, 08:40 AM

Legolas to Gimli and Aragorn in "The Riders of Rohan"

Dimturiel · 07-02-2008, 03:21 AM

Yup!

Guinevere · 07-06-2008, 02:03 PM

Thank you!

Quote:

the dawn is brief and full often belies its promise

Evisse the Blue · 01-16-2011, 07:54 AM

Gimli to Legolas about the fickleness of Men.

Guinevere · 01-16-2011, 11:44 AM

Sorry, Evisse, that guess is wrong!
But I have to apologize, this quote isn't said by anyone, it's just in the narrative...
Shall I tell you where it is from, or would you like to take another guess?

Evisse the Blue · 01-16-2011, 11:51 AM

Yup, I'd like a hint!

Well, actually, by hint I don't rightly know what I mean since if you told me the circumstance or something like that, it would probably give it away....

Is it from Lotr?

Guinevere · 01-16-2011, 11:58 AM

No, it's from the Silmarillion.

Evisse the Blue · 01-16-2011, 12:07 PM

From the 'Of Men' chapter in the Silmarillion, I'm guessing.

Funny that Gimli does say something similar-ish when talking to Legolas in Minas Tirith about the 'deeds of men'.

02-15-2006, 04:05 AM	#522
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Mine! Sador, to Túrin, about the chair Sador made for Húrin. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

02-15-2006, 02:46 PM	#523
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yep, that's one of Sador's wisdoms. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

02-16-2006, 04:41 AM	#524
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Thanks! Okay, part of a quote. Giving the whole thing would make it too easy. 'tis evil in the Wild to fare. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

02-17-2006, 12:42 AM	#526
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	That be it. Your turn. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

02-19-2006, 09:38 AM	#528
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Hm, that's very short! Is this perhaps part of this "proverb": "In the morning counsels are best and night changes many thoughts." ? If yes, it is said by Theoden to Hirgon, in "The Muster of Rohan". __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat! Last edited by Guinevere; 02-19-2006 at 09:39 AM. Reason: a typo

02-19-2006, 12:34 PM	#529
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	That's the one. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

02-19-2006, 06:32 PM	#531
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Gollum! Climbing down Emyn Muil after Frodo and Sam! __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

02-20-2006, 01:28 PM	#532
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yes, well done, Nilp.! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-28-2006, 09:06 AM	#534
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Maybe you could clue me (and others?) into how this works?

04-28-2006, 01:40 PM	#535
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	If you browse through some previous posts you can easily see that it works like most of these "Quotable quotes" threads: you have to find out who said this to whom and when. If your answer is correct, you write the next quote (in this thread it's all about "proverbs" or clichés, from any of Tolkien's works. Well, up to now, we've only used quotes from LotR, Hobbit, Silm, U.T.) Good luck! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-29-2006, 08:34 AM	#537
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	wrong guess, sorry! It's not Bilbo who says this, but the quote is indeed from "The Hobbit". __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

04-29-2006, 11:42 AM	#538
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	That would be the Dwarves to Bilbo, at the Unexpected Party.

04-29-2006, 01:15 PM	#539
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yep when Bilbo wants to sneak away to get some light __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-01-2006, 09:19 PM	#541
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Aldarion, to Tar-Meneldur. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

05-15-2006, 02:16 PM	#542
Firefoot Illusionary Holbytla Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 7,547	Correct you are, and sorry for the delay!

06-09-2008, 07:02 PM	#543
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Sorry! Something simple then: [ . . . ]take counsel with thyself, and remember who and what thou art. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

06-14-2008, 07:38 AM	#544
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Mandos to Fëanor, when banishing him from Tirion. (But isn't that just an ordinary quote?) __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

06-14-2008, 07:41 AM	#545
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Well, it does sound 'wise' to me. Don't you agree. Yours is the thread. __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

06-14-2008, 07:51 AM	#546
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	Well, fair enough, then. Don't mind me, I'm a chronic nitpicker. Okay: A treacherous weapon is ever a danger to the hand. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

06-19-2008, 12:49 PM	#547
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Gandalf about Saruman to Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn (in "The white Rider") __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-19-2008, 05:37 PM	#548
Nerwen Wisest of the Noldor Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ˙˙˙ssɐןƃ ƃuıʞooן ǝɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ Posts: 6,694	You have it, Guinevere. __________________ "Even Nerwen wasn't evil in the beginning." –Elmo.

06-20-2008, 02:40 PM	#549
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Thanks! "The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards." __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-21-2008, 11:29 AM	#550
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	Faramir to Sam in Henneth Annun. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

06-23-2008, 12:14 PM	#551
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Exactly! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-01-2008, 08:40 AM	#553
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Legolas to Gimli and Aragorn in "The Riders of Rohan" __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-02-2008, 03:21 AM	#554
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	Yup! __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

01-16-2011, 07:54 AM	#556
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Gimli to Legolas about the fickleness of Men. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-16-2011, 11:44 AM	#557
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Sorry, Evisse, that guess is wrong! But I have to apologize, this quote isn't said by anyone, it's just in the narrative... Shall I tell you where it is from, or would you like to take another guess? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-16-2011, 11:51 AM	#558
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Yup, I'd like a hint! Well, actually, by hint I don't rightly know what I mean since if you told me the circumstance or something like that, it would probably give it away.... Is it from Lotr? __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

01-16-2011, 11:58 AM	#559
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	No, it's from the Silmarillion. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-16-2011, 12:07 PM	#560
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	From the 'Of Men' chapter in the Silmarillion, I'm guessing. Funny that Gimli does say something similar-ish when talking to Legolas in Minas Tirith about the 'deeds of men'. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

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