The Penguin Dictionary of ENGLISH PROVERBS #Rosalind Ferguson
The Penguin Dictionary of ENGLISH PROVERBS by Rosalind Ferguson 1. ABSENCE 1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 2. Men are best loved furthest off. 3. Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. 4. Far from eye, far from heart. 5. Salt water and absence wash away love. 6. Friends agree best at distance. 7. Long absence changes a friend. 8. When the cat's away, the mice will play. 9. Well kens the mouse when the cat's out of the house. 10. He that fears you present will hate you absent. 11. The absent are always in the wrong. 12. Never were the absent in the right. 13. The absent party is always to blame. 14. Out of sight, out of mind. 15. Present to the eye, present to the mind. 16. Unminded, unmoaned. 17. Long absent, soon forgotten. 18. Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 2. ADVERSITY 1. Misfortunes come of themselves. 2. Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom. 3. Woes unite foes. 4. It's easy to bear the misfortunes of others. 5. Mi...