The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A little absence does much good. (French)
Absence, and a friendly neighbor, washeth away love. (English)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. (English)
Absence makes the heart grow fonder – for someone else. (American)
Absence sharpens love; presence strengthens it. (English)
Absent, none without blame; present, none without excuse. (Spanish)
After ten years’ absence, even the mountains and rivers have changed. (Korean)
He is guilty who is not at home. (Ukrainian)
He who is absent is always in the wrong. (German)
Long absence changes friends. (French)
Long absent, soon forgotten. (English)
The absent are always to blame. (Yiddish)
The absent get further off every day. (Japanese)
The absent one always loses. (Spanish)
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