Bilbo's quote: compliment or insult? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

07-22-2002, 11:06 AM

Losthuniel

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Quote:

and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

i think it is meant that he likes less than half of them (for the sake of making sense, we'll just say 1/4) not very much at all, and that is more than what they deserve. think of it as the 'all that is gold does not glitter' line

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