A small amber glass hourglass containing a pale curled swirl on a charcoal and amber background.

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Oedipus Rex

Sophocles

Time eases all things.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims that the passage of time softens everything, from grief and pain to anger and hardship. Nothing stays as sharp as it first felt. The line offers a quiet consolation: however heavy something seems now, waiting will gradually make it easier to bear.

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