“Oft it may be chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were heedful for the wise to know.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
“Things most oft bad begun most oft get worse, as a wise man once said.”
Eddie Lenihan
Defiant Irish Women
“Many are the strange chances of the world,' said Mithrandir, 'and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion
“We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may be.”
Charlie Fletcher
Silvertongue
“The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep”
Edgar Watson Howe