Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by read more

Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by it.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.

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 makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, Fare thee well!