Scythe/structure

Famous quotes containing the words scythe and/or structure:

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

“For the structure that we raise,
Time is with materials filled;
Our to-days and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)