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.]

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler,
And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.

All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee read more

All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What read more

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

They are good that are away.

They are good that are away.

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

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

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

Sometimes I need what only you can provide - your absence.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.