proverb · Words worth keeping
Truth is the daughter of time.
Truth is the daughter of time.
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Truth as time’s daughter pictures understanding emerging after events unfold. It encourages patience before an uncertain judgment.
Example
An investigator keeps an early conclusion provisional while gathering the additional evidence needed to assess it.
Deeper explanation and when to use it
The family image gives later knowledge a connection with elapsed time, rather than a literal parentage. A qualified application asks what evidence is expected and what can already be known. Waiting does not guarantee full truth, and the phrase should not postpone necessary action or treat later claims as reliable without examination.
When to use it
Use it to discuss developing evidence with urgent responsibilities retained.
Keep in mind
Time does not guarantee truth or make every later account accurate.
An interpretation of the words, not a claim about their earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Date unknown