I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
EuripidesRead
Time will discover everything to posterity; it is a babbler, and speaks even when no question is put.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Time reveals the truth about everything, regardless of whether we ask for it or not.
This quote by Euripides reflects on the relentless nature of time as it unveils the hidden truths and realities of life over the years. It suggests that history and the passage of time have a way of exposing everything, even the things we may prefer to keep hidden or unexamined, emphasizing the inevitability of truth coming to light.
Themes
TimeTruthRealityHistoryInevitability
In practice
Example use cases
While discussing the importance of honesty in relationships, one might reference this quote to emphasize the power of time in revealing truths.
More from Euripides
All quotes βMankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by. It was she who gave to man his nourishment of grain. But after her there came the son of Semele, who matched her present by inventing liquid wine as his gift to man. For filled with that good gift, suffering mankind forgets its grief; from it comes sleep; with it oblivion of the troubles of the day. There is no other medicine for misery.
EuripidesRead
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
EuripidesRead
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes mad.
EuripidesRead
Who then will dare to say I'm weak or timid? No, they'll say I'm loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
EuripidesRead
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
EuripidesRead
Similar quotes
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28).
William ShakespeareRead
Not without a shudder may the human hand reach into the mysterious urn of destiny.
Friedrich SchillerRead
Laws should be made to serve the people. People should not be made to serve the laws.
Huey NewtonRead
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but let them feel at the same time the steadiness of your just resentment for there is a great difference between bearing malice, which is always ungenerous, and a resolute self-defense which is ever prudent and justifiable.
Lord ChesterfieldRead
Laws are the terms by which independent and isolated men united to form a society, once they tired of living in a perpetual state of war where the enjoyment of liberty was rendered useless by the uncertainty of its preservation. They sacrificed a portion of this liberty so that they could enjoy the remainder in security and peace.
Cesare BeccariaRead
The fact is that when you make the other suffer, he will try to find relief by making you suffer more. The result is an escalation of suffering on both sides.
Nhat HanhRead