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Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
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Days of absence, sad and dreary,
Clothed in sorrow's dark array,--
Days of absence, I am weary;
She I love is far away.
Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
