“Ever Melkor found some ears that would heed him, and some tongues that would enlarge what they had heard; and his lies passed from friend to friend, as secrets of which the knowledge proves the teller wise.”
― The Silmarillion
― The Silmarillion
“That is a beautiful occupation. And since it is beautiful, it is truly useful.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“During the daytime I glut myself with sorrow and lament, having my own duties to see to, and my house-maidens' work: but night falls and the world sleeps. Then I lie in my bed and the swarming cares so assail my inmost heart that I go distraught with misery.”
― The Odyssey
― The Odyssey
“Men?" she echoed. "I think there are six or seven of them in existence. I saw them, several years ago. But one never knows where to find them. The wind blows them away. They have no roots, and that makes their life very difficult.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
“And that one over there was Michael Scot,
That one whose hips are slim; he really, truly
Knew every magic trick and every sleight.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
That one whose hips are slim; he really, truly
Knew every magic trick and every sleight.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
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