1980 ‘M. INNES’ Going It Alone I. x. There is a time for everything, and he hoped that,
in the present exigency, Tim wasn’t going to be.. frivolous. opportunity; timeTIME is a great healerThere are numerous expressions derived from the ancient concept that time heals, several
of which are illustrated here. Predominantly used in the context of feelings and emotions
rather than physical suffering. Cf. MENANDER Fragments dclxxvii. (Kock)
time is the healer of all necessary evils.
c 1385 CHAUCER Troilus & Criseyde v. 350 As tyme hem [them] hurt, a tyme doth
hem cure. 1591 J. HARINGTON tr. Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso VI. ii. He hurt the wound
which time perhaps had healed, weening [thinking] with greater sinne the lesse to mend.
1622 H. PEACHAM Complete Gentleman iv. Time, the Phisition of all. 1837 DISRAELI
Henrietta Temple III. VI. ix. Time is the great physician. 1926 G. B. SHAW Translations
& Tomfooleries 60 Time is the great healer. 1942 A. CHRISTIE Body in Library viii. He
had a terrible shock and loss. .. But Time, as my dear mother used to say, is a great
healer. 2001 Washington Times 23 Sept. C17 Time is the greatest of healers, and during
the next few weeks, sports again will provide us with a much-needed respite from our
everyday worries. timeTIME is moneyGr. the most costly outlay is time (attributed to
Antiphon).
1572 T. WILSON Discourse upon Usury 33 They saye tyme is precious. 1748 B.
FRANKLIN Papers (1961) III. 306 Remember that Time is Money. He that can earn Ten
Shillings a Day.. and.. sits idle one half of that Day.. has really.. thrown away Five
Shillings. 1840 BULWER-LYTTON Money III. vi. ‘You don’t come often to the club,
Stout?’.. ‘No, time is money.’ 1980 H. R. F. KEATING Murder of Maharajah xv. I can’t
wait here day after day. .. Time’s money, you know. 2002 Washington Times 2 Feb. All
When a quarterback is chosen as the Most Valuable Player in the National Football
League for the second time in three years, time is money. He can rake in big bucks for
appearing in ads, and he can also do his bit for charity by appearing in a United Way
commercial. efficiency and inefficiency; timeMan fears TIME, but time fears the pyramids