Quote by: Leo Rosten

Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.


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Author Bio


  • NameLeo Rosten
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornApril 11, 1908
  • DiedFebruary 19, 1997
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLexicographer; Linguist; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsGeorge Polk Award