man fears time, but time fears the pyramids
- man fears time, but time fears the pyramids
Arab proverb. The ‘learned Arab of the twelfth century’ (quot. 1923). has not been identified.
1876 E. RECLUS et al. Earth and Its Inhabitants 401 ‘All things fear time,’ says the Arab proverb, ‘but time fears the pyramids’.
1923 G. CAROTTI History of Art 9 It was a learned Arab of the twelfth century who said: ‘The whole world fears time, but time fears the Pyramids.’
1926 A. F. TOULBA Ceylon, Land of Eternal Charm 228 Here also, as in my own country, can we aptly apply the familiar saying ‘Man fears Time, but Time fears the Pyramids.’
1983 Times 19 Feb. (online) Khufu, first Pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty..built a tomb that should remain for all time. It is written that ‘Man fears Time, but Time fears the Pyramids.’
2006 Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk) 26 Dec. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World. An Arab proverb says that: ‘Man fears time, yet time fears the Pyramids’, a reference to the fact that the pyramid has survived for about 4,500 years.
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