time heals all wounds
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- time heals all hurts, time heals all sorrows, time heals all things, time heals every wound, time heals
Etymology[edit]
Traditional sentiment, in the form “time is the healer of all necessary evils” used by Greek dramatist Menander (c. 342–290 BCE).[1]
Proverb[edit]
- Negative feelings eventually fade away.
- Synonym: time is a great healer
- 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.
Translations[edit]
negative feelings eventually fade away
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Jennifer Speake, editor (2015), “time is a great healer”, in Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, 6th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.
Further reading[edit]
- “time heals all wounds”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “time heals all wounds” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.