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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Author: Thomas Haynes Bayly
Topic: Absence
For I verily, absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, . . . Author: Bible
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Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler. Author: Lord Byron
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee, Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. Author: Oliver Goldsmith
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Achilles absent, was Achilles still. Author: Homer
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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet. Author: Ben Jonson
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Ever absent, ever near, Still I see thee, still I hear, Yet I cannot reach thee, dear! Author: Francis Kazincy
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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? Author: Frances Anne Fanny Kemble
Topic: Absence
But when he shall have been taken from sight, he quickly goes also out of mind. Author: Thomas A Kempis
Topic: Absence
Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body came to be called in question by it. Author: Charles Lamb
Topic: Absence
For with G.D., to be absent from the body is sometimes to be present with the Lord. Author: Charles Lamb
Topic: Absence
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire. Author: Francois Duc
Topic: Absence
Oft in the tranquil hour of night, When stars illume the sky, I gaze upon each orb of light, And wish that thou wert by. Author: George Linley
Topic: Absence
Thou art gone from my gaze like a beautiful dream. And I seek then in vain by the meadow and stream. Author: George Linley
Topic: Absence
For there's nae luck about the house, There's nae luck at aw, There's little pleasure in the house When our gudeman's awa. William Julius Mickle, Author: William Julius Mickle
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With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, And memory, like a drop that, night and day, Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away! Author: Thomas Moore
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Condemned whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. Author: Alexander Pope
Topic: Absence
Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent. Author: Sextus Propertius
Topic: Absence
Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I am weary, She I love is far away. Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Topic: Absence
Among the defects of the bill which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence. Author: Lord John Russell 1 | 2 | 3 | Next > >
Topic: Absence