time heals all wounds

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Traditional sentiment, in the form “time is the healer of all necessary evils” used by Greek dramatist Menander (c. 342–290 BCE).

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: koha shëron çdo gjë — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Arabic: الزَّمَن يُعَالِجُ كُل الأَجْرَاح (az-zaman yuʕāliju kul al-ʔajrāḥ) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Catalan: el temps cura totes les ferides — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Chinese Mandarin: 時間能治癒一切創傷 /时间能治愈一切创伤 (shíjiān néng zhìyù yīqiè chuāngshāng) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Czech: čas všechno zahojí — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Danish: tiden læger alle sår — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Dutch: de tijd heelt alle wonden — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Finnish: aika parantaa haavat — negative feelings eventually fade away
• French: le temps guérit toutes les blessures — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Georgian: დრო ყველაფრის მკურნალია (dro q̇velapris mḳurnalia) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• German: die Zeit heilt alle Wunden — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Greek: ο χρόνος θεραπεύει όλες τις πληγές (o chrónos therapévei óles tis pligés) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Hindi: समय सारे घाव भर देता है (samay sāre ghāv bhar detā hai) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Hungarian: az idő minden sebet begyógyít — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Irish: am a leigheasann gach créacht — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Italian: il tempo guarisce ogni ferita — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Japanese: すべての傷を治癒する時間 (Subete no kizu o chiyu suru jikan) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Korean: 세월이 약이다 (sewori yagida) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Korean: 시간이 약이다 (sigani yagida) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Norwegian: tiden leger alle sår — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Polish: czas leczy rany — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Portuguese: o tempo cura tudo — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Russian: вре́мя лечит все раны (vrémja lečit vse rany) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Slovak: čas všetko zahojí — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Spanish: el tiempo cura todas las heridas — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Spanish: el tiempo lo cura todo — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Swedish: tiden läker alla sår — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Turkish: zaman her şeyin ilacıdır — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Ukrainian: час лікує всі рани (čas likuje vsi rany) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Urdu: وقت سارے زخم بھر دیتا ہے (waqt sāre zaxm bhar detā hai) — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Vietnamese: thời gian sẽ chữa lành mọi vết thương — negative feelings eventually fade away
• Welsh: amynedd yw eli pob dolur — negative feelings eventually fade away