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Book I Chapter 8 · I.8.16–I.8.20
Ancient Greek
p. 22816 ⟨Ἀδήλου λυρικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
17 Σοφοκλέους
18 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
19 ⟨Ἀδήλου τραγικοῦ ποιητοῦ⟩
20 Εὐριπίδου Ἀλόπῃ
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 8
p. 22916 ⟨An unidentified lyric poet⟩
Would that opportunity were as clearly visible as it is hidden, opportunity, which grows most through watchful care.260
17 Sophocles
In view of this, hide nothing: time, which sees and hears everything, unfolds it all.261
18 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Time, O Time, together with the mighty need of life, you discover many wise things for those who seek.262
19 ⟨An unidentified tragic poet⟩
Those who do something wicked cannot escape notice: time sees keenly, for it sees everything.
20 Euripides, Alope
Time will tell everything to those who come later; he is a chatterbox, speaking even to those who do not ask.263
Socrates
Reading Stobaeus, Volume I · Book I Chapter 8 · I.8.16–I.8.20
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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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