Time’s glory is to calm contending kings,
To unmask falsehood and bring truth to light.

The couplet personifies Time as an ultimate arbiter whose “glory” lies in resolving human conflict and exposing deception. It suggests that political struggles (“contending kings”) and contested narratives may dominate the present, but over time passions cool, power shifts, and facts emerge. The line also implies a moral dimension to temporality: Time does not merely pass; it judges, strips away masks, and restores a clearer view of truth. In Shakespearean terms, this aligns with a recurring dramatic pattern in which hidden motives and false appearances are eventually revealed, and disorder—especially in the realm of governance—moves toward recognition and settlement.