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   Feb 29, 2016 · I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; He would like to have known more people than he does know. and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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   Nov 27, 2023 · First of all, to tell you that I am immensely fond of you all, and that eleventy-one years is too short a time to live among such excellent and admirable hobbits. I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

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   Sep 16, 2012 · “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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   Aug 26, 2017 · I don't know half of you half as well as I should like. Bilbo wishes he knew half the people at the party better (specifically twice as much as he knows them now). This is a compliment saying that this half of people are worthy of more recognition, but Bilbo hasn't had the opportunity or put in the effort to get to know them

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   Feb 23, 2024 · I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. Secondly, to celebrate my birthday. I should say: OUR birthday.

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   Jun 3, 2024 · I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. Bilbo's farewell speech; The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way

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   Do you know half of you half as well as Shou?

   • Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien: “I don't know half of you half as well as I shou...” (?) Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more) “I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

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   What does I like X half as well mean?

   • "I like X half as well" means "I like X 0.5t." Adding "as they deserve" makes it "I should be liking X 1t, but I only like them 0,5t". Exactly how the answer explained it. @Narusan If t is a negative (he dislikes them), then he could be saying he should dislike them twice as much, but is being kind by disliking them at 50%.

   What did Bilbo's cryptic birthday message mean?

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   What does less than half of you mean?

   • The quote is "less than half of you" I think changing the halves into "many or some" gets past the math. More than half means many and less than half means some. And then the phrase "half as well" is "not as much" or "less than". Both statements are expressions of regret because he is leaving and he is "immensely fond" of them.

   Meaning and interpretation of Bilbo's "half as well" quote

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   What does 'I like less than half of you twice as much as you deserve' mean?

   • The first part is a compliment, the second part is an ambiguous shot at his relatives. The line following says most of the attendees "were trying to work it out and see if it came out to a compliment" "I like less than half of you twice as much as you deserve" would be "I like you more than I should.

   What did Bilbo's cryptic birthday message mean?

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   What does half of you mean?

   • As that is so vacuous as to be almost completely meaningless, the natural interpretation is to take it instead to mean "For half of you, it is not the case that I know you half as well as I would like", i.e. "For half of you, I know you an amount other than half as well as I would like".

   Meaning and interpretation of Bilbo's "half as well" quote

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   What does half mean in Bilbo?

   • I always took it to mean that of all the attendees, half of them are people he doesn't know as well as he wants to, and less than half of them are people who he doesn't like as much as he should. Don't be confused by the repetition of 'half'. Break down the sentence and you'll see what Bilbo meant soon enough.

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   "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like" means he wants to get to know some of them more, and "and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve" means that there's a small group that he feels he hasn't appreciated as much as he should have.