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“For, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.”

Ends Mankind Wind Kings Ruins Desert

Book:Works

Source: Works

“Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry or in high cold towers asking questions of the stars. And so the kingdom of Gondor sank into ruin, the line of kings failed, the white tree withered and the rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.”

Men House Names Given Stars Lines White Lord Tree Son Cold Kings Built Asking Kingdoms Ruins Sat Halls Towers Splendid Tombs Descent Asking Questions Musings Withered Gondor

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

“Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise.”

Government Lost Kings Built Dresses Ruins Innocence Paradise Palaces Badges

Author:Thomas Paine

“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”

Hard Time Tree Flower Kings Mountain Beats Bird All Things Stones Towns Ruins Meals Beast Iron Bites Steel Grind Riddle

Book:The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Hobbit: 75th Anniversary Edition