J. R. R. Tolkien quote: Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

~ J. R. R. Tolkien ~

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