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Princess of Skwerlz
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I find it interesting to read the various sayings and proverbs in Tolkien's books. He often gives them a little twist, just enough to make them sound fresh. Let's collect them here!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' |
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Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! |
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Pile O'Bones
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Speaker of the Dead
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"Never laugh at live dragons!"
^_^ ~*~Orual~*~
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Those were off the top of my head. There are more I can't remember in whole...I'll be adding more below. Quote:
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"Out of the frying-pan into the fire", which is basically what Dúnethalath Taurendor said.
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Princess of Skwerlz
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I'd like to add two orc proverbs; the first is my favorite funny one!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' |
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Shade of Carn Dûm
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"But it doesn't do to leave a live dragon out of your considerations."
Well, something like that, I believe.
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I like this one (from Letter 319)
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All shall be rather fond of me and suffer from mild depression. |
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Two more proverbs that sound just a bit different from our versions:
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...' |
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Basically anything the Gaffer says.
Aslo, Gandalf's line in Shadow of the Past that goes somewhat like "You don't get to choose your time, but you get to choose what to do with it" And Frodo's line in The Scouring of the Shire "It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will gain nothing" There are way to many to remember at once!!! ![]()
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Blossom of Dwimordene
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Basically anything the Gaffer says.
Aslo, Gandalf's line in Shadow of the Past that goes somewhat like "You don't get to choose your time, but you get to choose what to do with it" And Frodo's line in The Scouring of the Shire "It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will gain nothing" There are way to many to remember at once!!! ![]()
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You passed from under darkened dome, you enter now the secret land. - Take me to Finrod's fabled home!... ~ Finrod: The Rock Opera |
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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I've always liked Gimli's dwarvocentric way of cussing:
'Hammer and tongs! I am so torn between rage and joy, that if I do not burst, it will be a marvel!'
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
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The Gaffer's subtle pacifism:
"I don't hold with wearing ironmongery whether it wears well or no. " Treebeard's take on 'wolves in sheep's clothing': "There are Ents and Ents, you know; or there are Ents and things that look like Ents but ain't, as you might say." Treebeard on rugged individualism: "I don't know about sides. I go my own way; but your way may go along with mine for a while"
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision. |
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