J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Never laugh at live dragons.
Citations
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit. George Allen & Unwin, 1937, p. 227.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.