J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes - Page 8
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We are being at once wisely aware of our own frivolity if we avoid hitting and whacking and prefer 'striking' and 'smiting'; talk and chat and prefer 'speech' and 'discourse'; well-bred, brilliant, or polite noblemen (visions of snobbery columns in the Press, and fat men on the Riviera) and prefer the 'worthy, brave and courteous men' of long ago.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
- Born: January 3, 1892
- Died: September 2, 1973
- Occupation: Writer
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