Lord of
Lord of
half less
I like half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve! - Bilbo Baggins
bright dear delight discover eyes less love sake thy took unworthy
O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
fixed improved less preparing seal species spiritual tenderness though wax
We have progressively improved into a less spiritual species of tenderness -- but the seal is not yet fixed though the wax is preparing for the impression.
british-statesman confess failed faults incapacity less love man pursuit wounds
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
balkans campaign learn lesson military peace win
I also said that we wanted to learn the lesson of the Balkans to win not the just the military campaign about Kosovo, but to win the peace as well.
desire lessons cost
Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that all desire to woo, The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
life-lesson lessons reticence
A judicious reticence is hard to learn, but it is one of the great lessons of life.
die less matter sea
A day less or more/ At sea or ashore,/ We die - does it matter when?
decide given none ring time wish
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: 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.
easily hearts men power ring
...But the hearts of men are easily corrupted... And the ring of power has a will of its own.
lord unite
Lord Elrond: You will unite or you will fall.
edge hope quest stands stay stray
The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail. But hope remains, if friends stay true.
fool next rid throw
Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time, and rid us of your stupidity!
precious ring
My Precious - Gollum and the One Ring