Time heals all wounds
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“What needs to stick with our guys, once time passes … What do they say? Time heals all wounds? I don’t know who ‘they’ are, because sometimes those take a long time.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2022
Time heals all wounds, and he’s seen Pete throughout the years, seen John throughout the years and I’ve kept him updated… and this is home, man.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2019
Time heals all wounds, but the scars remain.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015
He listened as a woman said: "Time heals all wounds but there won't ever become a day when I don't miss your smiling face."
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2011
"Time heals all wounds," is a common saying, true in some cases, but not in all.
From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by Adams, John S. (John Stowell)
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