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I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.
I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.
Ever absent, ever near;
Still I see thee, still I hear;
Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
Ever absent, ever near;
Still I see thee, still I hear;
Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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.
Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very
circumstance that their portraits were absent.
[Lat., Praefulgebant read more
Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very
circumstance that their portraits were absent.
[Lat., Praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso, quod effigies
eorum non videbantur.]
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Sometimes I need what only you can provide -- your absence.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.