Here is a riddle from the Hobbit.
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 mountain down.
What am I talking about?
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$\begingroup$ I am just curious, but why are there many down-votes? $\endgroup$– user41805Jun 23, 2015 at 16:08
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2$\begingroup$ You are probably being down-voted because this riddle is fairly well known, and you even said exactly where the riddle is from. Also, you didn't say anything prohibiting using the internet. That's what I would guess, though I just saw this riddle. $\endgroup$– AJLJun 23, 2015 at 16:59
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$\begingroup$ This is from Smeagol $\endgroup$– Luis MasuelliJun 23, 2015 at 23:13
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$\begingroup$ A really angry invincible monster with an eating disorder! I think i got it. $\endgroup$– OreoJun 10, 2016 at 9:31
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$\begingroup$ @AJL why does he need to explicitly say dont cheat? $\endgroup$– user64742Jun 25, 2016 at 3:50
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TIME
This thing all things devour; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
All the things consume TIME - birds, beasts, trees , flowers everything devour TIME they age by time, never the same.
Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal;
Once the Mining (referring the dwarfs mine place) place that could earn and keep itself busy would stop one day - TIME can change anything.
Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.
the kings and towns which are once wealthy will have to be abandoned and they are destroyed not even mountains are left over time they have to change - TIME matters Most. No matter what comes on its way , it will never stop, everybody has to surrender under one that is "TIME".
