Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light. — Thales
Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.
In the original Greek
σοφώτατον χρόνος: ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα.
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius
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Thales. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 1, ch. 1.
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Thales. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 1.
