Proverbs exist in every language and culture and are a way of passing down folk wisdom, or "common sense," from generation to generation. Who doesn't remember a time when they were struggling with a problem or dilemma, and someone quoted a proverb that aptly summed up or explained the situation? “All’s fair in love and war” describes the injustice that is often encountered in a romantic relationship and may help some of us accept it. “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” is meant to give hope when a loved one is far away. When that same relationship is brought to an end by distance, we hear, “Out of sight, out of mind.”