This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Where there is no adversity of some sort there is seldom anything to win; No or little adversity is a sign that fortune has forgotten you.
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When the danger is past God is cheated.
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Those who begin many things finish but a few.
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To protest and knock one's head against the wall is what everybody can do.
What the eye sees not the heart rues not.
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All the same, I should like it all plain and clear, said he obstinately, putting on his business manner (usually reserved for people who tried to borrow money off him), and doing his best to appear wise and prudent and professional and live up to Gandalf's recommendation. Also I should like to know about risks, out-of-pocket expenses, time required and remuneration, and so forth--by which he meant: What am I going to get out of it ? and am I going to come back alive?
And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.
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