J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable.
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.
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Clothes and manners do not make the man, but where he is made they greatly improve his appearance.
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What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Peasants are a rude lot, and hard: life has hardened their hearts, but they are thick and awkward only in appearance; you have to know them. No one is more sensitive to what gives man the right to call himself a man: good-heartedness, bravery and virile brotherhood.
Jacques Roumain
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Tilda Swinton
Burn pedants in pale fire. Accept no fashions. Be your own fashion. Do not rely on earlier triumphs. Be new at each appearance.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Abraham Verghese
It is of no use to mourn over the past. All the memories in the world, good or bad, are not worth one slender hope for the future;
Emile Gaboriau
Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
Zendaya
The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.
George Bernard Shaw
If only that dratted wizard would leave young Frodo alone, perhaps he'll settle down and grow some hobbit-sense,' they said. And to all appearance the wizard did leave Frodo alone, and he did settle down, but the growth of hobbit-sense was not very noticable.
J. R. R. Tolkien
