“Time heals all wounds.”
Truly from Terentius, Heautontimorumenos, Act III, scene i
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Marcus Tullius Cicero180
Roman philosopher and statesman -106–-43 BCRelated quotes
“Time wounds all the heals, as we fade out of view.”
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“Time does not heal all wounds; there are those that remain painfully open.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
A Jew Today (1978)
Jonathan Nolan (1976) British-American screenwriter, television producer, director and author
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“Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.”
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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy
Variant: It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.