PROVERBS

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER Missing someone makes you like them more. I really miss my family, but absence makes the heart grow fonder.

BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP Just because someone is beautiful, it doesn’t mean they have good character. I thought she would be a nice person, but I guess beauty is only skin deep.

A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH What you have is worth more than more of something you don’t have. I really wish I had a better job. Oh well, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE HIM DRINK You can give someone an opportunity, but you can’t make them take it. I thought that Bob would take that job that I offered him. Well, you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.

MISERY LOVES COMPANY People who are having a bad time tend to like it when other people are having a hard time. We are both having a bad day, so let’s go out together: misery loves company!

MONEY TALKS People with money have influence. I can’t believe the governor made that decision to help Bill Gates! I guess money talks.

DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH You can’t be certain something will happen until it does I really hope that I get this promotion, but I can’t count my chickens before they hatch.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER People with similar interests stay together Those girls are so much alike. I guess birds of a feather really do flock together.

Carpe Diem Carpe diem is a phrase from a LatinLatin It is popularly translated as "seize the day". Carpe diem poems have a theme of living for today. Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb