I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in do…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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I will not give you counsel, saying do this, or do that. For not in doing or contriving, nor in choosing between this course and another, can I avail; but only in knowing what was and is, and in part also what shall be. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.252, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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