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The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
Is not absence death to those who love? ~ Alexander Pope
Is not absence death to those who love?
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. ~ Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.~ Colette
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind. ~ Thomas A. Kempis
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
The absent are always in the wrong.~ Proverbs - English Proverb
The absent are always in the wrong.
- English Proverb
They are good that are away.~ Proverbs - Scottish Proverb
They are good that are away.
- Scottish Proverb
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.~ Walter S. Landor
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.~ Charles Reade
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.~ Aphra Behn
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
