Quotes by Scythes Only the first swath cut by the scythe is difficult. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn scythes cutting firsts I have been taunting the Reaper into taking a free scythe in my direction and have now succumbed to something so predictable and banal that it bores even me. Christopher Hitchens reaper scythes bores A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass. Hester Lynch Piozzi scythes physicians sometimes Recreation is intended to the mind as whetting is to the scythe, to sharpen the edge of it, which otherwise would grow dull and blunt,--as good no scythe as no edge. Joseph Hall scythes mind dull There are times when the air that floats between mortals becomes, in its stillness and silence, as cruel as the edge of a scythe. Mervyn Peake scythes silence air Occupation is the scythe of time. Napoleon Bonaparte scythes occupation time Some things are fairly obvious when it's a seven-foot skeleton with a scythe telling you them. Terry Pratchett scythes skeletons feet I'll make death love me; for I will contend William Shakespeare scythes Nothing 'gainst Times scythe can make defence. William Shakespeare scythes defence time