Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all co…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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