time heals every wound

English

Proverb

time heals every wound

1. Alternative form of time heals all wounds
   • 1865, Edward Irving, The Collected Writings of Edward Irving, volume III, page 228:

     Do you say, Time heals every wound? Ay, time heals the wounds of time by slaying eternity. He vampeth up a kind of endurance of threescore and ten years by the death of ages and ages. That is the cure of time.

   • 1993 January 25, D. J. R. Bruckner, “Review/Theater; The Ties That Bind And Bind Too Tightly”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-01-18:

     Early on, when Maggie says time heals every wound, Mama replies, "I suppose -- if you live long enough." At the end, as anguish reveals how fragile Buddy and Maggie both are, the old woman's quiet compassion turns to steel.

   • 2017 March 2, Nina George, The Little Breton Bistro, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     Time heals every wound – that's still the best solution.' 'We don't have much time. Maybe twenty years if all goes well.' 'You're always so dramatic!' Marianne took several deep breaths. 'Forget it. I'll tell you what I want.