It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been w…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It is wisdom to recognize necessity when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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