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What does this famous phrase mean, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." And who said this? ... (Asked by lui)
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ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER -- "The Roman elegiac poet Sextus Propertius rendered the earliest form of this saying in Elegies (c. 26 B.C.) as 'Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows.'...The modern wording...appeared as the opening line of an anonymous English poem in 1602, but it was the British songwriter Thomas Haynes Bayly's book 'Isle of Beauty' (1850) that helped make it a popular sentiment in the Victorian drawing rooms of the day." From "Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New" by Stuart Flexner and ...(Answered by g h)

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How accurate is the phrase, 'absence makes the heart grow fonder?'? is the phrase 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' an actual saying? i mean, does it actually apply in most cases? ... (Asked by beautiful awakening)
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The Roman poet Sextus Propertius who lived from c.50 BC-c.16 BC, gave us the earliest form of this saying in Elegies "Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows." So you see how far back this originates and has been said for centuries in many ways... Abscence makes the heart grow fonder means when you don't have something with you or near you , your desire for it increases.The more time you are away from the one (or could be a place like your home) makes you Love it even more . When someone you care for is away, you miss ...(Answered by connie b)

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Who are "They"...? and why do they contradict themselves? Example "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" vs. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" ... (Asked by Barbara)
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"They" should learn to shut their big, fat mouths. Actually, sayings like that are attributed to Anonymous. My sister once said after reading a book of quotations, "This Anonymous guy must have been really famous, half of these quotes are by him."...(Answered by marklemoore)

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What do you think? reliable? I saw this on my friend's blog "Everything is temporary but what's good about it is that the absence of permanence in this world gave us a reason to miss them" ... (Asked by Mikhail)
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WOOW Deep Man!!! i agree! why Else would we miss them so much if not the Meir fact that we might never see them again....(Answered by colette b)

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Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the face of it--alex valdez? what does this mean??? how would this apply to my internship?? i mean to any internship?? ... (Asked by HER)
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In internship (as I understand it) you're going to learn a lot, start to face the real world and the real people working in it. So I think the quote says you shouldn't feel bad if you get sort of intimidated during your first days: getting acquainted with the tasks assigned, some people you'll know can be nice to you, some can be kind of rude...and some can be 100% jerks. It happens to us all, so put every bit of effort you have and be successful in it. Best wishes....(Answered by etercap)

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Anyone know the exact quote by Einstein to the professor who said God didn't exist. darkness=absence of light It was phrased that this student said that you can not measure darkness however you can measure light, and darkness is merely the absence of light.......... he then goes on to say evil is simply the absence of good (or God not sure which one). At the end of the story it says that the student had upset the professor to the point he was speechless after the student's remarks. And then at the end it says that the student was a young Albert Einstein. I was wondering if anyone knows the entire story or knows where ... (Asked by bigmaxxx799)
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Does evil exist? The university professor challenged his students with this question. Did God create everything that exists? A student bravely replied, "Yes, he did!" "God created everything? The professor asked. "Yes sir", the student replied. The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God created evil since evil exists, and according to the principal that our works define who we are then God is evil". The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor was quite pleased with himself and boasted to the students that he had proven once more that the Christian faith was a myth. Another ...(Answered by Maven)

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Who first said "the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence"? ... (Asked by james)
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carl sagan said it first...(Answered by seamonkey_has_da_loot)

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wut was the famous quote that is the opposite of "in absence the heart grows fonder"????? something about...in distance the heart becomes weary, or in distance love always falters....or something of that nature... "out of sight, out of mind"...i think tyats the 1 i was thinking of ... (Asked by famousnare)
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Familiarity breeds contempt. Out of sight out of mind....(Answered by sanctuary)

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Can someone please give me a good saying about the absence of friends? doesnt have to be original...but it can be.....thx all for the help ... (Asked by benz K)
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Here u go...this is one of my favorites.....its a quote "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."--Martin Luther King Jr. Hope u like it too and hope this fits what ur looking for........(Answered by TOMMY <tommy_g_31>)

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I dote on his very absence? what does that mean? ... (Asked by naniiS)
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This is meant to be a funny way of saying "I don't enjoy his company" or "I don't particularly like him." It's satirical, because a much more likely phrase would be "I dote on his very presence." That would mean that I like him a lot and feel good just because he's around. So when you say "I dote on his very absence," you're conveying the opposite of that sentiment....(Answered by Steve D)

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