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time heals all wounds

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Etymology

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Traditional sentiment, in the form “time is the healer of all necessary evils” used by Greek dramatist Menander (c. 342–290 BCE).[1]

Proverb

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time heals all wounds

  1. Negative feelings eventually fade away.
    Synonyms: time heals, time is a great healer, time is a great healer of all wounds, time heals all hurts, time heals all sorrows, time heals all things
    • 1910, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter II, in Morning Star‎[1]:
      “We quarrelled long ago, did we not, and many years have passed since we met, but Time heals all wounds and—welcome, son of my father. I need not ask if you are well,” and he glanced enviously at the great-framed man who knelt before him.

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References

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  1. ^ Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “time is a great healer”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.

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