Absence - that common cure of love.

Absence - that common cure of love.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

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.]

There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.

There is one pain I often feel, which you will never know. It is caused by the absence of you.

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.

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my read more

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee;
Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain,
And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.