All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.
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It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
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The treacherous are ever distrustful.
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Pippin glanced in some wonder at the face now close beside his own, for the sound of that laugh had been gay and merry. Yet in the wizard's face he saw at first only lines of care and sorrow; though as he looked more intently he perceived that under all there was a great joy: a fountain of mirth enough to set a kingdom laughing, were it to gush forth.
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He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.
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Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.
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Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.
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So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
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And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.
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What did I tell you, Mr. Pippin?' said Sam, sheathing his sword. 'Wolves won't get him. That was an eye-opener, and no mistake! Nearly singed the hair off my head!
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.
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No, my heart will not yet despair. Gandalf fell and has returned and is with us. We may stand, if only on one leg, or at least be left still upon our knees.
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Evidently we look so much alike that your desire to make an incurable dent in my hat must be excused.
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He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.
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