# Quote — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

> "There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell!"

- Author: [J.R.R. Tolkien](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien.md)
- Book: [The Hobbit](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Hobbit#Chapter_XVIII:_The_Return_Journey) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [greed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/greed.md), [joy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/joy.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit/there-is-more
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## More from this book

> This thing all things devours:
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> Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
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> Gnaws iron, bites steel;
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> Grinds hard stones to meal;
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> Slays king, ruins town,
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> And beats high mountain down.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit/this-thing-all.md)

Topics: [time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/time.md), [transience](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/transience.md)

> ...but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit/but-things-that.md)

Topics: [happiness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/happiness.md), [storytelling](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/storytelling.md)

> The mere fleeting glimpses of treasure which they had caught as they went along had rekindled all the fire of their dwarvish hearts; and when the heart of a dwarf, even the most respectable, is wakened by gold and by jewels, he grows suddenly bold, and he may become fierce.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jrr-tolkien/the-hobbit/the-mere-fleeting.md)

Topics: [greed](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/greed.md)