# Quote — J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

> Do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.

- Author: [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien.md)
- Book: [The Fellowship of the Ring](https://www.leafyquotes.com/j-r-r-tolkien/the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)
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> We must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril – to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire.

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> It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. But such falls and betrayals, alas, have happened before.

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> 'Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,' said Gimli.
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> 'Maybe,' said Elrond, 'but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.'
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> 'Yet sworn word may strengthen quaking heart,' said Gimli.
>
> 'Or break it,' said Elrond.

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