It only remains to remind the reader that this is a collection of English Proverbs only; and we may appropriately conclude our Preface with a further extract from Disraeli's essay, wherein he very justly remarks that "The experience of life will throw a perpetual freshness over these short and simple texts; every day may furnish a new commentary; and we may grow old and still find novelty in proverbs by their perpetual application."
A Dictionary of English Proverbs.
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1. Absence. Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones.
2. Absent. The absent are always at fault.