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J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes: It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
         

It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.


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It needs but one foe to breed a war, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
         



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