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Old 07-07-2004, 05:13 AM   #21
Guinevere
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.'
I agree with Fingolfin II that this "message" fits in with us humans as well - like Estelyn wrote in the other thread:
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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
These wisdoms have proverbial quality and an innate worth that makes them timeless and applicable to my life. Again, the genius of Tolkien puts them not into the narration, but into Gandalf's words, showing us his deep wisdom - and Tolkien's as well.
In this chapter, it is Gildor who speaks these wisdoms.
The two well-known proverbs : "Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards...." and "Go not to the Elves for counsel..." relate perhaps only to Middle-earth, but there is more timeless, applicable wisdom spoken by Gildor:
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advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
also:
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Courage is found in unlikely places
btw thank you for the link to the "Elf-friend" thread, HI ! Some very enlightening insights there!
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