Example Sentences

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You talk of the scythe of time and the tooth of time; I tell you time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm, we who smite like the scythe.

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

Time is scytheless and toothless; it is we who gnaw like the worm; we who smite like the scythe.

From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight