In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.

Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very
circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

They are good that are away.

They are good that are away.

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.

What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
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What shall I do with all the days and hours
That must be counted ere I see thy face?
How shall I charm the interval that lowers
Between this time and that sweet time of grace?