Scythe/mythology

Famous quotes containing the words scythe and/or mythology:

“this scythe that mows down kings
Exempts no meaner mortal things.”
—Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)

“One memorable addition to the old mythology is due to this era,—the Christian fable. With what pains, and tears, and blood these centuries have woven this and added it to the mythology of mankind! The new Prometheus. With what miraculous consent, and patience, and persistency has this mythus been stamped on the memory of the race! It would seem as if it were in the progress of our mythology to dethrone Jehovah, and crown Christ in his stead.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)