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 LatinIt 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