John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. The Lord Of The Rings (№ 144867)

White! sneered Saruman. White is good only in the beginning. A white canvas you can paint. The white paper can be covered with inscriptions. The white beam is refracted and becomes a rainbow even in an ordinary drop of water!
But it ceases to be white, - I have shrugged shoulders. - Who breaks a thing to find out what it is, he went out of the way of the Wise.