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The Hobbit Quotes

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. - J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit Quotes)

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Source:(George Allen & Unwin, ed. 1951), Chapter XII. Inside Information, Page 228
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J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit Quotes)
  • Book: The Hobbit
  • Writer: J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult
  • Published: 1937
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