Middle-earth Maxims

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

There was an excellent lecture on Tolkien's aphorisms at Oxonmoot this year; when we were asked for examples, the first that occurred to me was from the end of LotR:
Tears can have a cleansing, healing effect and can be a sign of positive things happening in our lives.


By the way, Tom Shippey also lectured on proverbs in Tolkien's works at "Tolkien 2005" in Birmingham. For those who would like to read his paper, it has been published both in the Tolkien 2005 Proceedings and in the collected essays of Shippey, Roots and Branches.

Yes, the Tom Shippey lecture was particularly fantastic, well worth a read folks! Even though our copy of the papers has still not arrived, and maybe TS Trading could learn from a few proverbs about being tardy?