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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.
Absence - that common cure of love.
Absence - that common cure of love.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as
the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.
[Fr., L'absence diminue les mediocres passions et augmente les
grandes, comme le vent eteint les bougies et allume le feu.]
Is not absence death to those who love?
Is not absence death to those who love?
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.
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?
