Never Laugh At Live Dragons, Bilbo You Fool! He Said To Himself, And It Became A Favourite Saying Of His Later, And Passed Into A Proverb.

Never Laugh At Live Dragons, Bilbo You Fool! He Said To Himself, And It Became A Favourite Saying Of His Later, And Passed Into A Proverb.

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Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool! he said to himself, and it
became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb. You
aren't nearly through this adventure yet, he added, and that was pretty
true as well.
-- Bilbo Baggins, _The Hobbit_ by J.R.R. Tolkien, Chapter XII

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