Time will rust the sharpest sword,
Time will consume the strongest cord;
That which molders hemp and steel,
Mortal arm and nerve must feel.
Sir Walter Scott
Orion's Cold Fire
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
All the Secrets of the Universe and Some Really Important Stuff Too!
Time will rust the sharpest sword,
Time will consume the strongest cord;
That which molders hemp and steel,
Mortal arm and nerve must feel.
Sir Walter Scott
“All things it devours; birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel, grinds hard stones to meal. Slays Kings, ruins town, and beats high mountains down!
…The answer is time.”
Gollum’s Third Riddle
J.J. Tolkien, The Hobbit