J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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• Yet seldom do they fail of their seed, And that will lie in the dust and rot to spring up again in times and places unlooked-for. The deeds of Men will outlast us.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Men
  • Fail
  • Deeds