A quotation by Shakespeare, William

From lowest place when virtuous things proceed,
The place is dignified by the doer’s deed.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 136ff (1602?)

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WIST - Shakespeare, William | All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2, sc. 3, l. 136ff (1602?)

From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, The place is dignified by the doer’s deed.

A quotation by Tolkien, J.R.R.

‘A time may come soon,’ said he, ‘when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.’

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) English writer, fabulist, philologist, academic [John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]

The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3: The Return of the King, Book 5, ch. 2 “The Passing of the Grey Company” [Aragorn to Éowyn] (1955)

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WIST - Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 3: The Return of the King, Book 5, ch. 2 "The Passing of the Grey Company" [Aragorn to Éowyn] (1955)

‘A time may come soon,’ said he, ‘when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defence of your homes. Yet the deeds will not be less valiant because they are...