Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

Absence from whom we love is worse than death.

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

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

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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.

But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., read more

But when he (man) shall have been taken from sight, he quickly
goes also out of mind.
[Lat., Cum autem sublatus fuerit ab oculis, etiam cito transit a
mente.]

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 a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.