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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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. Great might was given to him by Ilùvatar, and he was coeval with Manwë. In the powers and knowledge of all the other Valar he had part, but he turned them to evil purposes, and squandered his strength in violence and tyranny. For he coveted Arda and all that was in it, desiring the kingship of Manwë and dominion over the realms of his peers. From splendour he fell through arrogance to contempt for all things save himself, a spirit wasteful and pitiless. Understanding he turned to subtlety in perverting to his own will all that he would use, until he became a liar without shame. [...] But he was not alone. For of the Maiar many were drawn to his splendour in the days of his greatness, and remained in that allegiance down into his darkness; and others he corrupted afterwards to his service with lies and treacherous gifts.
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"I don't suggest either one or the other thing. I'm not an advisor. You might learn something and the images, may they be beatiful or fatal, may be of some use to you, even ill-omened. To see is at the same time good and dangerous.
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I forgot many things I thought I knew, and learnt many others that I had forgotten. I can see things at a great distance, and many others, close up, escape my view.
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'But when the great fall, the less must lead.
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Very few may see where the road will take them before reaching the end.
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It is a lot easier to cry "Stop!" than to actually stop.
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"Many miles separate us", said Legolas looking far away and creating some shade over his eyes with the palm of his hand. "I see a darkness in which some figures are moving, two great figures far off on the banks of the river; but what they are I cannot tell. It is not clouds or mists that blur my sight; there is like a shadowy veil, laid about the countryside by some strange force, which is slowly descending the course of the river. It looks like the sunset is sliding down the hillsides under the innumerable trees".
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'Or may I not command my own servants?'
'You may,' said Gandalf. 'But others may contest your will, when it is turned to madness and evil.'
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"If you aren't able to tell between a Man and a Hobbit, you have a worse judgement than what I thought. There's the same difference between an apple and a pea."
"That may be so. To a sheep all the other sheep look different without a doubt", said Lindir laughing. "And to the shepherd. But mortals have never been an object of study. [...]".
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