Sophocles496–406 BCThe quotations of
Sophocles
Ancient Greek playwright
496–406 BC
27 quotes, most often on Wisdom, Life & Death and Pride.
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
Frg. 301 TrGF (Bartlett’s, 9th ed., 1892)The truth, for time alone reveals the just;
A villain is detected in a day.Oedipus the King (c. 429 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
