Proverbs, Adages, Aphorisms, Saws, Wise Sayings & Clichés - Page 8 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Guinevere · 03-22-2004, 02:06 PM

Thank you, Mariska!

Quote:

Yet oft in lies truth is hidden.

Mariska Greenleaf · 03-25-2004, 05:10 AM

Glorfindel to Elrond:

Quote:

Yet oft in lies thruth is hidden: in the Sea it woud be safe.

Guinevere · 03-25-2004, 03:45 PM

Well done, Mariska! I thought this one would be hard to find, since it is so general.

Mariska Greenleaf · 03-26-2004, 03:19 AM

It wasn't easy, that's for sure!

Quote:

Cast the stones of your pride into the loud river...

Guinevere · 03-26-2004, 02:29 PM

Gelmir and Arminas speaking to Orodreth , quoting the message that Ulmo had given to Cirdan.

Guinevere · 05-06-2004, 02:13 AM

Well, it seems that Mariska isn't around to confirm my answer, but as I know it is correct, I will go ahead and post a new proverb.

Quote:

"The upclimbing is painful, and from high places it is easy to fall low."

Guinevere · 05-14-2004, 01:46 PM

Do you need a hint, or is just nobody looking at this thread?

Estelyn Telcontar · 05-14-2004, 02:22 PM

I'm looking, but it seems to be a Sil quote, and it's been too long since I've read that... A clue sounds good!

Son of Númenor · 05-14-2004, 02:49 PM

Is it Sador in the Narn i Hin Hurin?

Guinevere · 05-14-2004, 04:45 PM

Indeed, it is Sador who said this to Túrin .

Your turn, Son of Númenor!

Evisse the Blue · 06-04-2004, 12:45 PM

*bump*

Evisse the Blue · 06-14-2004, 06:09 AM

Ok, here's an easy one:

Quote:

To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-14-2004, 06:17 AM

Gandalf to Theoden in "The Two Towers".

Evisse the Blue · 06-14-2004, 06:51 AM

yes, correct. btw, Mariska, I haven't seen you around for a while.

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-14-2004, 07:17 AM

Quote:

'A king is he that can hold his own, or else his title is vain.'

I've been very busy lately, and went on holiday but it's really great to be back again...

Good luck on the new quote!

Evisse the Blue · 06-15-2004, 02:30 AM

Maedhros to Angrod

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-15-2004, 04:47 AM

Correct!

Evisse the Blue · 06-16-2004, 04:09 AM

Someone else should go because I won't be able to go online for a while.

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-17-2004, 05:06 AM

I'll post a new one, if that's allright.

Quote:

Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt.

Oh, I noticed that today is my first death-day! Happy death-day to me!

Guinevere · 06-23-2004, 07:18 AM

It was Gandalf who said this at the council of Elrond.

btw : many happy returns of the day! ( belatedly)

Mariska Greenleaf · 06-23-2004, 07:31 AM

Thank you very much!

And your turn for a new one, because you were right of course.

Guinevere · 07-02-2004, 07:37 AM

Oops, I nearly forgot that it's my turn...

Quote:

A thief shall reveal thieves!

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-06-2004, 02:34 AM

Feanor was thinking this to himself while the Valar askes him for the Simarils.

Guinevere · 07-06-2004, 08:12 AM

Yes, that was him!

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-06-2004, 08:46 AM

Quote:

You are not a very easy nut to crack.

but I'm afraid that this actually is an easy nut to crack...

Sleepy Ranger · 07-06-2004, 10:50 AM

A bit too easy if you ask me.
Merry to Frodo.

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-07-2004, 02:09 AM

Exactly! Go ahead Sleepy

Sleepy Ranger · 07-09-2004, 04:09 AM

Quote:

Third time pays for all

It does? What about the 4th, 5th and 6th?

Evisse the Blue · 07-09-2004, 12:11 PM

Sam to Gollum.

Sleepy Ranger · 07-09-2004, 12:22 PM

Nope. That was a different quote altogether and I believe Frodo said that Gollum and it went something like this - May the third time prove the best.
So anyway you're totally off.

Evisse the Blue · 07-09-2004, 12:38 PM

Sleepy, do you have your book with you? If so - check it out: chapter "Of Herbs amd Stewed Rabbit". Sam says:

Quote:

Third time pays for all. I want some herbs.

Ah, to prove Sleepy wrong!

It may be in more than one place, of course. But this is certainly one of them.

Sleepy Ranger · 07-09-2004, 12:43 PM

Well, now that I've checked properly. I have found it occurs thrice. Once where Evisse mentioned and twice in the Hobbit. Seeing as it wasn't such a good quote you may pose the next question Evisse.

Evisse the Blue · 07-10-2004, 05:16 AM

No, it was a very good quote. And obviously a favourite of Tolkien's, since he used it so often!

Next:

Quote:

It needs but one foe to breed a war

Nilpaurion Felagund · 07-11-2004, 09:41 PM

Éowyn to the Warden of the Houses of Healing?

Evisse the Blue · 07-13-2004, 10:23 AM

Correct!

Nilpaurion Felagund · 07-14-2004, 09:32 PM

And yes, I still love the dots.

Quote:

...wounds made by no weapons.

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-15-2004, 04:28 AM

Beleg to Turin:

Quote:

Alas, Child of Men! There are other griefs in Middle-Earth than yours, and wounds made by no weapons

Nilpaurion Felagund · 07-15-2004, 08:56 PM

Correct, jumping cat Mariska!

Your turn.

Nilpaurion Felagund · 07-18-2004, 09:37 PM

Mariska?

Mariska Greenleaf · 07-19-2004, 01:29 AM

Sorry, sorry.... forgot about this thread again...

Quote:

True-hearted men, they will not be corrupted.

03-25-2004, 03:45 PM	#283
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	correct ! Well done, Mariska! I thought this one would be hard to find, since it is so general. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

03-26-2004, 02:29 PM	#285
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Gelmir and Arminas speaking to Orodreth , quoting the message that Ulmo had given to Cirdan. __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-14-2004, 01:46 PM	#287
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Do you need a hint, or is just nobody looking at this thread? __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

05-14-2004, 02:22 PM	#288
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	I'm looking, but it seems to be a Sil quote, and it's been too long since I've read that... A clue sounds good! __________________ '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...'

05-14-2004, 02:49 PM	#289
Son of Númenor A Shade of Westernesse Join Date: May 2004 Location: The last wave over Atalantë Posts: 515	Is it Sador in the Narn i Hin Hurin? __________________ "This miserable drizzling afternoon I have been reading up old military lecture-notes again:- and getting bored with them after an hour and a half. I have done some touches to my nonsense fairy language - to its improvement."

05-14-2004, 04:45 PM	#290
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Correct ! Indeed, it is Sador who said this to Túrin . Your turn, Son of Númenor! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-04-2004, 12:45 PM	#291
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	bump __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-14-2004, 06:17 AM	#293
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Gandalf to Theoden in "The Two Towers". __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-14-2004, 06:51 AM	#294
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	yes, correct. btw, Mariska, I haven't seen you around for a while. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-15-2004, 02:30 AM	#296
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Maedhros to Angrod __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-15-2004, 04:47 AM	#297
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Correct! __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

06-16-2004, 04:09 AM	#298
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	sorry... Someone else should go because I won't be able to go online for a while. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

06-23-2004, 07:18 AM	#300
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	It was Gandalf who said this at the council of Elrond. btw : many happy returns of the day! ( belatedly) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

06-23-2004, 07:31 AM	#301
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Thank you very much! And your turn for a new one, because you were right of course. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

07-06-2004, 02:34 AM	#303
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Feanor was thinking this to himself while the Valar askes him for the Simarils. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

07-06-2004, 08:12 AM	#304
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Yes, that was him! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

07-06-2004, 10:50 AM	#306
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	A bit too easy if you ask me. Merry to Frodo. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

07-07-2004, 02:09 AM	#307
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Exactly! Go ahead Sleepy __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

07-09-2004, 12:11 PM	#309
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Sam to Gollum. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

07-09-2004, 12:22 PM	#310
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Nope. That was a different quote altogether and I believe Frodo said that Gollum and it went something like this - May the third time prove the best. So anyway you're totally off. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

07-09-2004, 12:43 PM	#312
Sleepy Ranger Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: On the field, kissing the 'Downs crest Posts: 1,654	Well, now that I've checked properly. I have found it occurs thrice. Once where Evisse mentioned and twice in the Hobbit. Seeing as it wasn't such a good quote you may pose the next question Evisse. __________________ And tonight we can truly say, together we're invincible... Middle-Earth Football World Cup 2007

07-11-2004, 09:41 PM	#314
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Éowyn to the Warden of the Houses of Healing? __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...

07-13-2004, 10:23 AM	#315
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Correct! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

07-15-2004, 08:56 PM	#318
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Correct, jumping cat Mariska! 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...

07-18-2004, 09:37 PM	#319
Nilpaurion Felagund Scion of The Faithful Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The brink, where hope and despair are akin. [The Philippines] Posts: 5,312	Wait...that's flying cat Mariska... Mariska? __________________ フェンリス鴨 (Fenrisu Kamo) The plot, cut, defeated. I intend to copy this sig forever - so far so good...