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Absence - that common cure of love.
Absence - that common cure of love.
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
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.]
Absence, that common cure of love.
Absence, that common cure of love.
Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
Condemned whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a read more
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.
