A Quote by John Ronald Reuel "J. R. R." Tolkien on birds, mountains, and time

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers: Gnaws iron, bites steel: Grinds hard stones to meal: Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down! Time.

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973)
Source: A riddle from The Hobbit
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