"A Philologist on Esperanto" in The British Esperantist (May 1932).
Years later, in a 1956 letter (quoted more extensively below) he stated that Esperanto and other constructed languages were "dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends."
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: Frasi in inglese (pagina 4)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien era scrittore, filologo, glottoteta e linguista britannico. Frasi in inglese.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien:
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frasi
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Mi piace
No. 163: On his discovery of Finnish language, in a letter to W. H. Auden (1955)
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
“Wars are not favourable to delicate pleasures.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
libro
A Secret Vice
"A Secret Vice" (lecture, 1931) published in The Monsters And The Critics And Other Essays (1983), edited by Christopher Tolkien
But it is, of course, a constant source of consolation and pleasure to me. And, I may say, a piece of singular good fortune, much envied by some of my contemporaries. Wonderful people still buy the book, and to a man 'retired' that is both grateful and comforting.
No. 165: To Houghton Mifflin Co. (30 June, 1955); also quoted in 'Tolkien on Tolkien' in Diplomat magazine (October 1966).
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981)
“I liked him better than all the other characters, and much more so than Frodo.”
Speaking of Gollum. From J. R. R. Tolkien: An Audio Portrait, BBC Radio Collection (2001), ISBN 0-563-53692-6. CD 1, track 17.
“I think we shall have to give the region a name. What do you propose?”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Leaf by Niggle
"The Porter settled that some time ago," said the Second Voice. "Train for Niggle's Parish in the bay."
Leaf by Niggle (1945)
Origine: The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (1981), No. 52: To his son Christopher Tolkien (29 November, 1943)
“I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Il Signore degli Anelli
Origine: The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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La Compagnia dell'Anello
Origine: The Fellowship of the Ring, Poem Riddle of Strider
Contesto: Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
Contesto: Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight? A man may do both, said Aragorn. For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
“If we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later.”
Contesto: 'Of course, it is likely enough, my friends,' he said slowly, 'likely enough that we are going to our doom: the last march of the Ents. But if we stayed home and did nothing, doom would find us anyway, sooner or later. That thought has long been growing in our hearts; and that is why we are marching now. It was not a hasty resolve. Now at least the last march of the Ents may be worth a song.
Incorrectly attributed to Tolkien. It is a line from the Hobbit movie that did not appear in the books.