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time heals all sorrows

time heals all sorrows proverb: synonym of time heals all wounds.

Proverb

time heals all sorrows

  1. Synonym of time heals all wounds.
    • “Time heals all sorrows; and that which, perhaps, appears almost unbearable at the beginning of the year, may be looked upon with calm complacency at the end of it. Time will do that for us which nothing else can; and grateful ought we to be that it is so.”1844, Anonymous [Eliza Peake], Honour! A Tale, London: Saunders and Otley, page 121
    • “Time heals all sorrows,” they tell you; but it is a platitude, and not a true one. Sometimes people deceive themselves; they think they have forgotten, and then something brings all back again, and it is worse than before.’1891, Mary Linskill, Between The Heather And The Northern Sea, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 127

Synonyms of time heals all sorrows

Questions about time heals all sorrows

What does time heals all sorrows mean?
Time heals all sorrows means synonym of time heals all wounds.
What part of speech is time heals all sorrows?
Time heals all sorrows is a proverb.

Words near time heals all sorrows in the dictionary

  1. time guns
  2. time hangs heavily
  3. time hangs heavy
  4. time heals
  5. time heals all hurts
  6. time heals all sorrows
  7. time heals all things
  8. time heals all wounds
  9. time heals every wound
  10. time hedge
  11. time hedges

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