It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.190, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.190, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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