Great Throughts Treasury

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Italian Proverbs

When his head is broken he puts on his helmet.

Ability | Unity |

Italian Proverbs

Water after does not quench a fire at hand.

Time | Unity | Think |

J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Don't dip your beard in the foam, Father! They cried to Thorin. It is long enough without watering it!

Intelligence |

J. R. R. Tolkien, fully John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?

Intelligence |