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Old 08-21-2003, 02:12 PM   #161
Guinevere
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Thank you, Evisse. The amount of proverbs in Tolkiens books is astonishing ! (I've started collecting them...) Most of them he made up himself, I guess, but they sure sound like genuine old sayings.
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Generous deed should not be checked by cold counsel.
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