“It’s an ill wind as blows nobody no good, as I always say. And All’s well as ends Better!”
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy works
“Pa was forced to be a hobo
Because he played the oboe
And the oboe it is clearly understood
Is an ill wind that nobody blows good”
Song Anatole of Paris
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