That line is from the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles. It’s often translated as:
“Time, which sees all things, has found you out.”
The idea is sharp and unsettling: time eventually reveals what is hidden—truth, guilt, character, consequences. No deception or secret escapes indefinitely because time “sees” everything.
In the context of Greek tragedy, it carries a sense of inevitability: what is concealed will eventually surface, whether through fate, justice, or simply the passage of years.
It resonates because it can be read in different ways:
- Moral: wrongdoing is eventually exposed.
- Psychological: people reveal who they are over time.
- Existential: truth emerges slowly, whether we want it to or not.
It has the compressed force common to Sophocles’ writing—simple words carrying a lot of weight. What made this quote stand out to you?
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