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J.R.R. Tolkien, British writer: "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoard gold, it would be a merrier world"
Clarín · global
The phrase comes from a lesson from the character Thorin Oakenshield in the novel "The Hobbit", written by the famous author. What the "dragon sickness", greed and the search for genuine happiness evoke.
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