The treacherous are ever distrustful. J. R. R. Tolkien, Gandalf on Saruman, The Two Towers
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973) Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. J. R. R. Tolkien, Mandos, The Silmarillion, Of the Flight of the Noldor
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973) Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant
US historian (1885 - 1981) With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter! J. R. R. Tolkien
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973) Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works... J. R. R. Tolkien
British scholar & fantasy novelist (1892 - 1973) I am in fact a Hobbit, in all but size. J. R .R. Tolkien It is impossible to say just what I mean! T. S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, line 105
British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965) All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey
Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) I require myself not to be equal to the best, but to be better then the bad. Seneca
Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician (5 BC - 65 AD) Things are neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare, Hamlet
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