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

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

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.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

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

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

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

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absence, that common cure of love.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.