• He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.

    J. R. R. Tolkien: He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a king of dwarves, and as kind as summer.
    J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.33, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt