Trzydzieści osiem lat temu, 2 września 1973 roku, zmarł John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. Był bardzo utalentowanym i płodnym pisarzem. Za dorobek naukowy i literacki otrzymał wiele nagród, w tym najwyższe odznaczenie państwowe – Order Imperium Brytyjskiego, przyznawany najwybitniejszym brytyjskim twórcom i najsłynniejszym osobistościom.

• The wise speak only of what they know.

• The burned hand teaches best.

• Little by little, one travels far.

• In doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom.

• Courage is found in unlikely places.

• I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.

• Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.

• All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

• Short cuts make delays, but inns make longer ones.

• All that is gold does not glitter

• He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

• Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

• It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

• The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.

• I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

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