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Book I Chapter 8 · I.8.21–I.8.26
Ancient Greek
p. 23021 Σοφοκλέους Οἰδίποδι
22 Σιμωνίδου Ἐπιγραμμάτων
23 Σοφοκλῆς Αἴαντι
24 ⟨Τοῦ αὐτοῦ⟩
25 Εὐριπίδου Ἱππολύτου
26 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 8
p. 23121 Sophocles, Oedipus (614-615)
Time alone reveals a just man, but you could recognize a bad one in a single day.
22 Simonides, Epigrams
Time, with his sharp teeth, wears everything away, even the mightiest.
23 Sophocles, Ajax (646-649)
Long, uncountable time brings forth all hidden things and hides what has appeared. Nothing is beyond expectation: even a dreadful oath and stubborn minds are conquered.264
24 ⟨The same author, Ajax (714)⟩
Great time withers everything.
25 Euripides, Hippolytus
Time, as it passes, tends to tell the truth about everything.
26 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Time brings all hidden things into the light.
Socrates
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Stobaeus gathered Greek philosophy and poetry for his son Septimius. Volume I presents the dedication testimony, On Arithmetic, Book I through chapter 60, and the ancient contents of all four books. This complete bilingual edition includes an introduction and 2,117 explanatory notes.
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