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Sophocles Quotes: Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?
         

Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?


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This page presents the quote "Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?". Author of this quote is Sophocles. This quote is about time, men, seeing, hands, lying,.