Quote#Time
Virtue’s achievement, Folly’s crime
Quote byAbraham Moore · 1766–1822
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Odes of Pindar (1822, 1831), Olympian Odes, ii, 29.
English (original)
Virtue’s achievement, Folly’s crime, Whate’er of guilt or good the past has known, Not e’en the Sire of all things, mighty Time, Hath power to change, or make the deed undone.
— Abraham Moore
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