Dune A Novel by Frank Herbert en.wikipedia.org The slow blade penetrates the shieldLitany Against FearAs though born to them
The dignity of age Wood and stone, and now concrete and wood, age slowly and with dignity. They do not shatter hysterically like glass, or tear like paper, but discolor with a melancholy, noble air. Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness Things that shine and glitter time