What is God singing in his profound Delphi of gold and shadow?
SophoclesAlas, how terrible is wisdom
when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!
This I knew well, but had forgotten it,
else I would not have come here.
Mots clés knowledge
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SophoclesMots clés classics mythology greek-literature
The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength
SophoclesMots clés truth
To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away
SophoclesMots clés friendship
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In time you will know this well: For time, and time alone, will show the just man, though scoundrels are discovered in a day.
SophoclesTo Never Have been born may be the greatest boon of all
SophoclesFar-stretching, endless Time
Brings forth all hidden things,
And buries that which once did shine.
The firm resolve falters, the sacred oath is shattered;
And let none say, "It cannot happen here".
Those swift to think are not always secure.
SophoclesMots clés knowledge
Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.
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