Time assuages the greatest grief.

It observes that time can lessen even profound grief. The point is not that loss disappears, but that its sharpest pain may gradually become less overwhelming.

By emphasizing gradual change, it offers a sober form of reassurance: sorrow can become easier to bear, although memory and the significance of what was lost may remain.

Use it as gentle reassurance when someone is mourning or facing a painful setback, particularly when no immediate remedy can ease the distress.