Nor do they speak properly who say that time consumeth all things; for time is not effective, nor are bodies destroyed by it.
Sir Thomas Browne (1852). “The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Preface. Dr. Johnson's Life of Sir Thomas Browne. Supplementary memoir by the editor. Mrs. Lyttleton's communication to Bishop Kennet. Pseudodoxia epidemica, books I-IV”, p.435
