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Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.
For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present read more
For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes (not to
speak it profanely) to be present with the Lord.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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.]
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.
They are good that are away.
They are good that are away.
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!
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
